Process as Structure: A Clarification of Interaction Beyond Counting

This paper introduces process as the missing structural layer between observation and system formation. While counting describes separable entities and observation captures system states, neither fully accounts for transformation during interaction. Using the Paton Admissibility Framework, it is shown that interaction destroys separability and produces a new admissible system state. The result is a minimal clarification: counting preserves number, but process defines structure through irreversible transformation.