Causal Engineering: The Deterministic Architecture of Reality
Canonical Causal Graph: From First Principles to Systemic Closure
INTRODUCTION
Status of Physics as a Causal Discipline
Physics is not a collection of formulas, not a set of models, and not a language of descriptions.
Physics is a causal discipline, that is, a system that fixes:
• what can occur,
• what cannot occur,
• and why one follows from another.
Physics exists only where causality holds.
Where causality is absent, there is no physics, regardless of the presence of mathematics, terminology, or interpretations.
Physics does not answer the question “how to describe conveniently”.
Physics answers the question “what is causally possible”.
Boundary of Physical Description
Physics has a strict boundary.
This boundary lies before causality.
That which precedes causality:
• is not physical,
• is not measurable,
• does not allow events,
• does not allow processes.
In the canonical graph, this boundary is denoted as 0. Potential for Change — a logical limit, but not an element of physics.
Consequence:
• physics does not begin with space, not with time, not with matter,
• physics begins with causality.
Any statement in which physical terms are applied beyond causality is non-physical.
Distinction Between Mechanism and Description
A description is a text, formula, or model that may:
• coincide with reality,
• not coincide with reality,
• work numerically while being causally empty.
A mechanism is a causal chain in which:
• every consequence has a necessary cause,
• no element is introduced without generation.
In this ontology:
• a formula is not an explanation,
• a model is not a mechanism,
• geometry is not a cause.
A mechanism exists only when it can be decomposed into elements of the canonical graph:
1. Causality → 2. Event → 9. Process → further consequences.
Everything else is descriptive superstructure without ontological status.
Role of Causality as the Entry into Physics
1. Causality is the entry into physics.
Without causality, the following are impossible:
• 2. Event,
• 9. Process,
• 3. Energy,
• 21. Measurement,
• 20. Information,
• 22. Observer,
• 25. Universe.
Causality is not derived from other concepts.
It is not a consequence — it is the condition for the existence of the physical.
Consequence for the entire ontology:
• any concept without causal traceability to causality is prohibited;
• any statement that violates causality is non-physical;
• any formula must be verifiable for causal realizability.
From this point, all physics within this ontology is constructed strictly downward along the graph, without jumps, without assumptions, and without interpretations.
1. CAUSALITY
(Level 1 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Causality as the Foundation of Physics
1. Causality is the minimal condition for the existence of physics.
Causality fixes:
• the possibility of occurrence of events,
• the possibility of sequences of events,
• the ordering of changes.
Causality is not 9. Process, not 2. Event, and not 3. Energy.
It is a structural condition under which an event becomes possible.
In the graph:
• 1. Causality has no incoming causes,
• all physical concepts have traceability to it.
Consequence:
• causality is the first physical element,
• everything that does not obey causality does not belong to physics.
Why Physics is Impossible Without Causality
Without 1. Causality, the following are impossible:
• 2. Event — no fact of occurrence;
• 9. Process — no connectivity of events;
• 3. Energy — no measure of participation in events;
• 21. Measurement — no fixation of state;
• 20. Information — no structure of outcome;
• 22. Observer — no participation in measurement.
If causality is not defined:
• changes are indistinguishable from absence of changes;
• description is indistinguishable from fiction;
• formulas lose physical status.
Therefore:
physics without causality is logically impossible, not merely incomplete.
Projection Block
Causality in Micro- and Macroprocesses
Causality has no scale.
Microprocesses:
• are realized as discrete events,
• are limited by 4. Quantum of Action,
• but do not negate causality.
Macroprocesses:
• are compositions of microevents,
• demonstrate stable regimes,
• but do not introduce new causal principles.
Difference of scales is a difference of 11. Tempo of Processes and density of events, not a difference of causality.
Consequence:
• there is no “quantum” or “classical” causality,
• there is a single causality with different realizations.
Comparative Block
Why “Probabilistic Physics” is a Language Error
Probability is not a physical property.
Probability appears:
• with incomplete knowledge of 8. System State,
• with aggregation of events,
• with substitution of mechanism by description.
Probability belongs to the description of 8. System State, not to 2. Event itself.
Causality:
• does not allow undefined causes,
• does not allow causeless events.
Therefore:
• “probabilistic physics” is a language of description,
• not an ontology of reality.
Physics operates with causes and consequences.
Probability is a tool for accounting unknown parameters, not an element of the physical world.
If causality is absent, physics is impossible.
Therefore, causality is the first element of physical description.
2. EVENT
(Level 2 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Event as the First Physical Fact
2. Event is the minimal realization of 1. Causality.
Definition:
• an event occurs if and only if causality is realized as change.
An event fixes:
• the distinction “before / after”,
• the fact of change,
• the fact of physical existence.
In the graph:
• 1. Causality → 2. Event,
• without causality, an event is impossible,
• everything physical exists only as an event or as a chain of events.
7. System, 6. Matter, 9. Process, 21. Measurement are not primary.
They are secondary with respect to 2. Event.
Consequence:
event is the first physical fact of reality.
Not an object, not a field, and not a state.
Irreversibility as a Marker of Reality
An event is irreversible by definition.
Cause:
• an event fixes change,
• change breaks the identity of the previous state.
If “rollback” is possible without a trace:
• the event did not occur,
• a re-description occurred, not a physical fact.
Irreversibility:
• is not a consequence of 12. Entropy,
• but a direct marker of the existence of an event.
12. Entropy arises later as a characteristic of processes.
The event is already irreversible before entropy appears.
Consequence:
• reversible equations are descriptions,
• irreversibility is a property of reality.
Projection Block
Events in Quantum and Classical Processes
The division into “quantum” and “classical” does not apply to 2. Event.
Quantum scale:
• events are discrete,
• limited by 4. Quantum of Action,
• but remain events.
Classical scale:
• events are aggregated,
• form 9. Process,
• but do not lose their event nature.
An event:
• is not “collapse”,
• is not “measurement”,
• is not “interaction as a term”.
An event is the fact of change, independent of scale.
Comparative Block
Why “State Without Event” is a Fiction
8. System State cannot change without 2. Event.
If it is claimed:
• “a state exists by itself”,
• “a wave function evolves without an event”,
then substitution occurs:
• physics → mathematics,
• reality → description.
In the graph:
• 2. Event precedes 8. System State,
• state is a parameterization of events, not their replacement.
Consequence:
• “state without event” is non-physical,
• it is a convenient abstraction, not an ontological element.
3. ENERGY, 4. QUANTUM OF ACTION
(Levels 3 and 4 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Quantum of Action as the Limit of Causal Divisibility
4. Quantum of Action is the minimal irreversible act of realization of 2. Event.
In the graph:
• 2. Event → 4. Quantum of Action.
Meaning:
• causality is not infinitely divisible,
• there exists a lower limit of event realization.
Quantum of Action:
• is not a “particle”,
• is not a scale,
• is not tied to the microdomain.
It is:
• the limit of causal discreteness,
• the minimal act of event realization.
If an event has occurred:
• it contains at least one quantum of action,
• further subdivision loses physical meaning.
Consequence:
• continuity is a property of descriptions,
• discreteness is a property of causality.
Energy as a Measure of the Ability to Participate in Events
3. Energy is the quantitative characteristic of causal capacity of a system.
In the graph:
• 2. Event → 3. Energy.
Energy determines:
• how many events a system can realize,
• with what intensity it participates in processes.
Energy:
• is not an object,
• is not a substance,
• is not “something that is stored”.
It is:
• a numerical measure of participation in events,
• a universal equivalent of causal influence.
Energy is not an event.
It characterizes the possibility of a system’s participation in events.
Projection Block
Quantum of Action Beyond the Microdomain
4. Quantum of Action is fundamental and not tied to atomic scales.
However, in macroscopic systems its discreteness may be hidden by aggregation of processes.
It manifests:
• in any systems,
• where an event has a minimal irreversible threshold.
Examples:
• switching of a system state,
• initiation of a biochemical cascade,
• threshold decision in a neural system.
In all cases:
• the event either occurred or did not occur,
• intermediate physical states do not exist.
Consequence:
• “quantization” is a universal property of causality,
• not a specific effect of the microdomain.
Comparative Block
Error of Substantial Interpretation of Energy
A common error:
• energy is treated as a thing,
• as “something that flows”, “accumulates”, “is transferred”.
In reality:
• an event is realized,
• a process occurs,
• energy only numerically characterizes the possibility of these events.
Substantialization of energy leads to:
• false ontologies,
• imaginary carriers,
• a break between description and mechanism.
Consequence:
• energy is a measure, not an object.
5. MOMENTUM
(Level 5 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Momentum as the Directional Realization of Energy
5. Momentum is 3. Energy realized with directionality.
In the graph:
• 3. Energy → 5. Momentum.
Energy without momentum:
• exists as a potential for participation in events,
• but does not produce directed changes.
Momentum:
• fixes the vector of causal influence,
• determines where and how energy is realized.
Momentum is not equal to motion.
Momentum:
• is the cause of change,
• not the consequence of displacement.
Any directed transformation:
• change of state,
• redistribution of matter,
• correction of trajectory
always contains momentum.
Causes of Trajectory Change
14. Trajectory is the history of a 9. Process.
Change of trajectory is possible only with change of momentum.
In the graph:
• 3. Energy → 5. Momentum → 9. Process → 14. Trajectory.
If momentum is conserved:
• the process preserves the previous trajectory.
Consequence:
• “motion by inertia” is conservation of momentum,
• not absence of causes.
Any deviation:
• acceleration,
• deceleration,
• turning
is the result of change of momentum.
Projection Block
Momentum in Fields, Media, and Flows
Momentum is not tied to objects.
It is realized:
• in 7. System,
• in media,
• in flows of events.
In fields:
• momentum manifests as directed change of system states.
In media:
• momentum is distributed through interactions of 6. Matter.
In flows:
• momentum defines the direction of processes,
• not transfer of substance.
Consequence:
• momentum is a universal mechanism of directionality,
• independent of the form of the system.
Comparative Block
Misconception of “Motion in Empty Space”
Error of classical language:
• motion is treated as displacement of an object in emptiness.
In reality:
• emptiness as a physical medium does not exist,
• motion is a 9. Process of changes of 7. System states.
Trajectory:
• is not a path in space,
• but a record of a sequence of events.
Momentum:
• does not “push an object”,
• but modifies accessible states of the process.
Consequence:
• motion without a system is a fiction,
• change of trajectory requires momentum.
6. MATTER
(Level 6 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Matter as a Stable Regime of Events
In the graph:
• 3. Energy + 2. Event → 6. Matter.
Matter arises when:
• events form stable processes,
• energy is realized in a stable regime,
• causal chains become self-sustaining.
Matter:
• is not primary,
• is not a source of causality,
• is not a carrier of “properties”.
Matter is:
• a regime,
• not an object.
If stability of processes is disrupted:
• the regime collapses,
• only separate events and processes remain.
Consequence:
• matter is causally secondary,
• its existence is always conditional.
Why Matter is a Process, Not a Substance
Substance implies:
• independent existence,
• self-identity outside processes.
Matter does not satisfy these conditions.
Matter:
• exists only while a process is maintained,
• changes with changes of events,
• does not preserve stability without energy.
Outside sustaining processes:
• matter does not preserve stability,
• only events and processes remain.
Consequence:
• matter does not “consist of” anything,
• it is realized as a repeating causal structure.
Projection Block
Atomic, Nuclear, and Biological Matter
Atomic matter:
• a stable regime of electromagnetic events.
Nuclear matter:
• a stable regime of strong-interaction events.
Biological matter:
• a stable regime of events with self-sustaining and reproduction.
Difference between forms of matter:
• not in “substance”,
• but in the type and density of events,
• in the structure of sustaining processes.
Common property:
• everywhere matter is a regime,
• everywhere it requires continuous realization of energy.
Comparative Block
Collapse of “Substance” as a Fundamental Concept
The concept of “substance”:
• assumes static nature,
• introduces the illusion of independent existence.
This contradicts the graph:
• without events, there is no matter,
• without energy, there is no stability.
“Substance”:
• has no causal status,
• does not explain the origin of stability.
Matter in the engineering ontology:
• is not a foundation,
• but a consequence.
Consequence:
• all models starting from “substance” are logically inverted,
• correct description begins with 1. Causality and 2. Event.
7. SYSTEM, 8. SYSTEM STATE
(Levels 7 and 8 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
System as a Coherent Set of Matter
In the graph:
• 6. Matter → 7. System.
A system arises when:
• stable regimes of events (6. Matter)
• enter into mutual causal connectivity,
• forming a closed set of interactions.
A system:
• is not a sum of elements,
• is not a geometric group,
• is not an abstract container.
A system is:
• a causally connected structure of matter,
• with internal constraints on possible changes.
Without connectivity:
• matter remains disconnected,
• a system does not form.
Consequence:
• a system always has boundaries of causality,
• boundaries are determined by closure of interactions, not by form.
State as the Complete Set of Parameters of Change
In the graph:
• 7. System → 8. System State.
8. System State is:
• the complete set of parameters,
• that determine its further changes.
State:
• is not a description,
• is not an observable quantity by itself,
• is not a probability.
State fixes:
• which changes are possible,
• which are impossible,
• with what causal structure.
If two states are distinguishable:
• their future dynamics are different.
Consequence:
• state is a causal characteristic,
• not a result of measurement.
Projection Block
Systems of Different Scales
Microsystem:
• limited number of events,
• high sensitivity to changes.
Macrosystem:
• large number of repeating events,
• high stability of states.
Biological system:
• a system with self-sustaining states,
• and control of transitions between them.
Cognitive system:
• a system in which internal states influence subsequent processes.
Common property:
• scale does not change the principle,
• everywhere system is connectivity of matter,
• everywhere state is the determinant of changes.
Comparative Block
Why “Wave Function” is Not a State
“Wave function”:
• does not define the complete set of causal parameters of a system,
• depends on the chosen formalism of description,
• is used for computational coordination of dynamics.
Therefore:
• it is a computational tool,
• not a 8. System State.
System state:
• exists independently of 21. Measurement,
• does not require an 22. Observer,
• determines possible processes.
Substitution of state by formalism:
• breaks causality,
• introduces pseudo-probability,
• masks incompleteness of description.
Consequence:
• wave function is an element of coordination,
• state is an element of reality.
9. PROCESS
(Level 9 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Process as a Chain of Causally Connected Events
In the graph:
• 2. Event → 9. Process.
A process arises when:
• events are connected by causality,
• subsequent events are causally determined by previous ones.
A process:
• is not an object,
• is not a trajectory in space,
• is not a function of time.
A process is:
• an ordered sequence of events,
• possessing internal causal connectivity.
Without a process:
• events remain isolated,
• dynamics is impossible,
• physical description terminates.
Consequence:
• everything physical exists only as a process,
• stability, 6. Matter, 7. System are specific regimes of processes.
Projection Block
Processes in Living and Non-Living Systems
Non-living systems:
• processes follow stable causal regimes,
• regimes repeat without target-driven restructuring.
Living systems:
• processes include maintenance of their own states,
• and control of transitions between them.
Cognitive systems:
• processes include modification of subsequent 14. Trajectory,
• based on internal states of the system.
Common property:
• the difference is not in the type of physics,
• but in the structure of processes.
Process:
• is always determined,
• but can be multi-level.
Comparative Block
Error of Static Thinking in Physics
Static thinking:
• attempts to describe physics through states without processes,
• through objects without history,
• through “moments” without causal connection.
Consequence of the error:
• introduction of “time slices” without dynamics,
• illusion of independent states,
• loss of irreversibility.
Physical reality:
• does not consist of static frames,
• does not allow instantaneous descriptions outside processes.
Correct description:
• is always process-based,
• always causal,
• always directed.
10. TIME, 11. TEMPO OF PROCESSES, 12. ENTROPY
(Levels 10, 11, and 12 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Time as the Order of Processes
In the graph:
• 9. Process → 10. Time.
Time:
• is not an entity,
• is not a flow,
• is not a physical medium.
Time is:
• the order of succession of processes,
• the relation between changes.
Without processes:
• time is undefined,
• measurement is impossible,
• physical description loses its basis.
Consequence:
• time does not exist by itself,
• it exists only as the structure of ordered processes.
Tempo of Processes as Event Density
In the graph:
• 9. Process + 2. Event → 11. Tempo of Processes
Tempo of processes:
• is the frequency of events in a system,
• relative to a chosen reference process.
Tempo:
• is not “flow of time”,
• is not a property of clocks,
• but a characteristic of dynamics.
Difference in tempo:
• leads to differences in sequences of events,
• but does not require change of causality.
Consequence:
• all effects of “slowing down” and “speeding up” reduce to change of tempo of processes.
Entropy as a Measure of Accessible States
In the graph:
• 8. System State + 9. Process → 12. Entropy
Entropy:
• is not “chaos”,
• is not “disorder”,
• is not subjective uncertainty.
Entropy is:
• a measure of the number of accessible states of a system,
• under given process constraints.
Increase of entropy:
• is a consequence of irreversibility of processes,
• not their cause.
Consequence:
• direction of processes is determined by the structure of events,
• not by an “arrow of time”.
Projection Block
Biological and Cosmological Time
Biological systems:
• have internal processes with high tempo,
• maintain states through energy flows.
Biological time:
• is the density of events of metabolic processes,
• not a separate form of time.
Cosmological processes:
• have different tempos,
• but obey the same causal principles.
Common property:
• difference of observed time is a difference of tempos of processes,
• not the existence of different “types of time”.
Comparative Block
Reinterpretation of “Time Dilation”
So-called “time dilation”:
• does not slow down time,
• but changes the tempo of processes.
Paradoxes:
• arise from mixing:
o time as an entity,
o and tempo of processes as a relation.
Example:
• systems with different tempos return with different numbers of events,
• but causality is not violated.
Consequence:
• paradoxes disappear when rejecting substantial time,
• and using process-based description.
13. SPACE, 14. TRAJECTORY, 15. METRIC
(Levels 13, 14, 15 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Space as an Index of Differences
In the graph:
• 7. System → 13. Space.
Space:
• is not a medium,
• is not a container,
• is not an entity.
Space is:
• an index of differences between systems,
• a formalization of relations between states of matter.
Without systems:
• space is undefined,
• differences are not indexed,
• coordinate description loses meaning.
Consequence:
• space arises as an index of differences between systems,
• not as a physical object.
Trajectory as the History of Changes
In the graph:
• 9. Process → 14. Trajectory.
Trajectory:
• is not a line in emptiness,
• is not a path through a medium.
Trajectory is:
• the history of changes of a system,
• realized in the process of interactions.
Change of trajectory:
• is always a consequence of interaction,
• never “free motion”.
Consequence:
• motion without events is impossible,
• trajectory fixes causal history.
Metric as a Computational Layer
In the graph:
• 13. Space + 14. Trajectory → 15. Metric.
Metric:
• is not a cause of processes,
• is not a physical influence.
Metric is:
• a formal method of comparing changes,
• a tool for coordination of descriptions between systems.
Metric:
• is determined by the method of indexing differences,
• but does not affect causality.
Consequence:
• change of metric does not mean change of reality,
• but change of the way it is described.
Projection Block
Spatial Descriptions at Different Scales
At micro scales:
• space is used to index interactions,
• without assuming a continuous medium.
At macro scales:
• space aggregates differences between systems,
• simplifying description of trajectories.
At all scales:
• space is a descriptive layer,
• not a source of dynamics.
Comparative Block
Why Space is Not a Medium
The concept of a “medium” implies:
• presence of a carrier,
• possibility of interaction.
Space:
• does not interact,
• does not transfer energy,
• does not participate in events.
Errors arise when:
• an index of differences is substituted by a physical object,
• metric is interpreted as a mechanism.
Consequence:
• “curvature of space” is a property of the metric of description,
• not a physical action of a medium.
16. LIMITING VELOCITY OF A PROCESS, 17. CAUSAL HORIZON
(Levels 16 and 17 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Limiting Velocity as the Limit of Process Consistency
In the graph:
• 1. Causality + 9. Process → 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process.
16. Limiting Velocity of a Process:
• is not a property of objects,
• is not a characteristic of motion of matter.
This is:
• the fundamental limit of propagation of causal influence,
• the maximum velocity of consistency of changes between systems.
Consequence:
• causality cannot propagate faster than this limit,
• causal connection is impossible beyond this constraint.
Important:
• 3. Energy, 5. Momentum, and 20. Information obey the same limit,
• exceeding it is impossible without destruction of causality.
Causal Horizon as a Boundary of Possible Influence
In the graph:
• 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process → 17. Causal Horizon.
17. Causal Horizon:
• is not a surface,
• is not an object,
• is not a structure of matter.
This is:
• a boundary beyond which events cannot influence a system,
• a consequence of finite velocity of causal connections.
Consequence:
• events beyond the horizon are causally inaccessible,
• causality is limited by the propagation bound of processes.
The horizon:
• is dynamic,
• depends on the structure of processes and distribution of energy.
Projection Block
Cosmological and Local Horizons
Local horizons:
• are determined by the structure of processes and distribution of energy in a system,
• manifest in accelerated and gravitationally modified regimes.
Cosmological horizons:
• arise due to large-scale processes of expansion,
• limit accessibility of events in the 25. Universe.
Common property:
• any horizon is a consequence of a causal limit,
• not a special physical formation.
Comparative Block
Interpretation of the Speed of Light
A common error:
• to treat the speed of light as the speed of a “particle”,
• or as a property of vacuum.
In fact:
• the speed of light is a numerical expression of 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process,
• applicable to all forms of transmission of causality.
Consequence of the error:
• paradoxes arise from substantial interpretation of 10. Time,
• and from mixing time with 11. Tempo of Processes.
Correct interpretation:
• the speed of light is a limit of process consistency,
• not the dynamics of an individual object.
18. GRAVITATION, 19. GRAVITATIONAL INFLUENCE
(Levels 18 and 19 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Gravitation as Modification of Tempo of Processes
In the graph:
• 3. Energy + 11. Tempo of Processes → 18. Gravitation.
18. Gravitation:
• is not a force,
• is not an interaction in space,
• is not a geometric effect.
Gravitation is:
• a consequence of inhomogeneity of 11. Tempo of Processes,
• conditioned by distribution of 3. Energy.
Consequence:
• systems with different tempo of processes exhibit different dynamics,
• this difference determines change of 14. Trajectory.
Important:
• 6. Matter is not “attracted”,
• accessible dynamics of processes of the system is modified.
Gravitational Influence as a Consequence of Dynamics
In the graph:
• 18. Gravitation → 19. Gravitational Influence.
19. Gravitational Influence:
• modification of accessible 8. System State,
• modification of admissible 14. Trajectory of processes.
This influence:
• is not transmitted as a signal,
• is realized within 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process,
• is a consequence of structure of processes.
Consequence:
• motion of bodies is a secondary effect,
• primary is modification of 11. Tempo of Processes.
Projection Block
Gravitation in Dense and Rarefied Regimes
In dense regimes:
• high energy per structural unit,
• reduction of tempo of processes,
• restriction of accessible states.
In rarefied regimes:
• weak inhomogeneity of energy,
• minimal modification of tempo of processes,
• approximation to inertial dynamics.
Transitions between regimes:
• are continuous,
• determined by distribution of energy,
• do not require change of physical mechanism.
Comparative Block
Geometric Description of Gravitation
Geometric approach:
• describes 19. Gravitational Influence,
• does not define its cause.
Curvature:
• is not the source of gravitation,
• but a method of coordination of trajectories.
Error:
• substitution of mechanism by description,
• interpretation of 15. Metric as a cause.
Correct position:
• 18. Gravitation causally precedes 15. Metric,
• 15. Metric fixes the consequence of modification of dynamics.
20. INFORMATION, 21. MEASUREMENT, 22. OBSERVER
(Levels 20, 21, 22 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Information as the Structure of a Realized Event
In the graph:
• 2. Event → 20. Information.
20. Information:
• is not an object,
• is not a substance,
• is not a carrier.
Information is:
• the structure of an event outcome,
• the structure of differences arising in an event.
Consequences:
• information does not exist before an event,
• information is not “transmitted”, but realized in each interaction,
• 6. Matter contains information as a trace of its dynamics.
Measurement as a Physical Event
In the graph:
• 20. Information + 7. System → 21. Measurement.
21. Measurement:
• is not an act of knowledge,
• is not an abstract procedure,
• but a physical event.
Measurement is:
• an event of interaction of systems,
• in which the state of one system is fixed relative to another.
Consequences:
• measurement always changes the system,
• measurement is irreversible,
• measurement obeys the same causal laws as any event.
Observer as a System
In the graph:
• 21. Measurement → 22. Observer.
22. Observer:
• is not privileged,
• does not require consciousness,
• is not external to physics.
Observer is:
• a system,
• participating in measurement.
Consequence:
• the distinction between “observer” and “object” is functional, not ontological.
Projection Block
Measurement in Biological and Technical Systems
In biological systems:
• measurement is realized as change of subsystem states,
• information is fixed in the structure of subsequent processes.
In technical systems:
• measurement is realized as change of register parameters,
• information is fixed in a stable system state.
Common property:
• measurement is always an event,
• the difference is only in scale and system complexity.
Comparative Block
Elimination of the “Observer Problem”
The so-called “observer problem” arises from errors:
• separation of 20. Information from 2. Event,
• assigning a special status to 22. Observer.
In the causal ontology:
• the observer does not introduce indeterminacy,
• an event occurs independently of measurement,
• causality does not depend on interpretation.
Consequence:
• measurement paradoxes are the result of language substitution,
• physics does not require an external observer.
23. CAUSAL CONSISTENCY OF PROCESSES, 24. ENERGY-CONDITIONED MODIFICATION OF DYNAMICS
(Levels 23 and 24 of the Causal Graph)
Causal Core
Causal Consistency of Processes
(reduction of special relativity)
In the graph:
• 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process + 21. Measurement → 23. Causal Consistency of Processes.
23. Causal Consistency of Processes:
• is not a theory of time,
• is not a description of transformations,
• but a principle of consistency of measurement results between systems.
This is:
• processes are limited by 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process,
• measurements are realized in different 7. System,
• results require consistency according to the causal structure of events.
Consequences:
• differences in measurements are determined by differences in 11. Tempo of Processes,
• the causal structure of events is unified,
• observed differences arise from conditions of measurement.
Transformations:
• are a computational tool,
• are not elements of the causal graph,
• serve for data consistency.
Energy-Conditioned Modification of Dynamics
(reduction of general relativity)
In the graph:
• 18. Gravitation + 9. Process → 24. Energy-Conditioned Modification of Dynamics.
This is:
• distribution of 3. Energy determines 11. Tempo of Processes,
• change of tempo of processes modifies dynamics,
• 14. Trajectory and 8. System State are modified as a consequence.
This:
• is not a consequence of 15. Metric,
• does not introduce a geometric mechanism,
• is a causal result of dynamical inhomogeneity.
Geometric formalism:
• describes the result,
• does not define the causal mechanism,
• is used as a computational layer.
Projection Block
Consistency of Measurements in Different Regimes
In regimes of:
• high velocities,
• high energy density,
• strong gravitational modification,
there arise:
• differences in 11. Tempo of Processes,
• differences in measurement conditions,
• necessity of causal consistency.
Consistency:
• is based on 2. Event,
• accounts for 16. Limiting Velocity of a Process,
• does not require introduction of new entities.
Comparative Block
Reduction of Special and General Relativity
Special relativity and general relativity:
• do not define a causal mechanism,
• use formal constructions,
• operate as computational models.
Errors of interpretation:
• 10. Time is interpreted as an entity,
• 15. Metric is interpreted as a cause,
• 21. Measurement is tied to 22. Observer.
In the causal ontology:
• special relativity is a tool of consistency of measurements,
• general relativity is a description of modification of dynamics,
• neither is a fundamental level.
Consequence:
• physics reduces to the causal graph,
• descriptions are separated from mechanisms.
25. UNIVERSE
(Level 25 of the Causal Graph — closure of the ontology)
Causal Core
Universe as the Complete Causal Process
In the graph:
• all elements of the causal graph → 25. Universe.
Definition:
25. Universe is the complete closed causal process.
Universe:
• is not an object,
• is not a medium,
• is not a container,
• but the integral realization of 1. Causality.
Properties:
• is not a system within a larger set,
• has no external causes,
• does not allow external influence.
Consequences:
• all events are causally determined,
• all processes are closed on internal structure,
• causality does not extend beyond the Universe.
Absence of External Frame of Reference
Since the Universe includes everything:
• there is no external 22. Observer,
• there is no external 10. Time,
• there is no external 13. Space.
Any frame of reference:
• is a 7. System within the Universe,
• is governed by internal processes,
• is limited by 17. Causal Horizon.
Consequence:
• parameters are defined only within systems,
• consistency is possible only by internal means.
Projection Block
Cosmological Regimes
Cosmological processes:
• expansion,
• contraction,
• phase transitions,
• change of event density,
are:
• regimes of dynamics,
• specific realizations of processes,
• configurations of 3. Energy distribution.
They:
• do not describe the Universe completely,
• do not define its structure,
• are applicable under limited conditions.
Comparative Block
Model and Reality
Model:
• a computational object,
• depends on parameters,
• is limited by assumptions.
Universe:
• is not reducible to formalism,
• is not exhausted by description,
• includes all processes.
15. Metric:
• is a computational layer,
• does not define causality.
Consequence:
• model is a tool,
• Universe is a causal process.
Closure of the Ontology
The causal graph is complete:
• all elements are connected by causality,
• there are no external causes,
• there are no levels outside the graph.Physics:
• is closed,
• is causally determined,
• allows only internal processes.
Listed below are the essential posts from all columns, reflecting the areas already reduced:
https://github.com/Genso-Akane/Causal_Ontology_Archive
