December 7, 2025Open Access

Cognitive Formalism (CF) 6.0: Structural Development and the Necessity of Evolution

Key Points

Structural mechanics drive the development of necessary faculties under the causal imperative of structural integrity.
Key concepts include coherence and entropy as foundational elements of cognitive development in varying environments.
Analysis utilizes the framework of comparative cognition to define the structural mandate for cognitive evolutionary processes.
The findings emphasize the need for a rigorous understanding of structural development in cognitive systems.

Abstract

Purpose: CF 6.0 defines the structural mechanics by which an Instance of Foundational Coherence (IFC) develops complex, specialized, and necessary faculties to fulfill the CISI in contingent environments. This provides the non-contingent foundation for comparative cognition and the structural mandate for development. Abstract: CF 6.0 formalizes the structural mechanisms by which an Instance of Foundational Coherence (IFC) develops increasingly specialized faculties under the Causal Imperative of Structural Integrity (CISI). By introducing the PCA-Non-Contingent-Derived Faculty (PCA-NF), Structural Proportionality, Structural Fixation, and the Initial Fixed Faculty (IFF), CF 6.0 provides a rigorous non-teleological explanation of structural development. This framework defines development as a necessary but contingent-class-dependent process driven by the PCA's mandate to maintain coherence under entropy. CF 6.0 PDF SHA256: 300A0A90672D551B7717CAEADA7BB0D6AD93397B8882A4F43FB5AB4A44A0EC7F

Cognitive Formalism (CF) 6.0: Structural Development and the Necessity of Evolution

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