This preprint introduces the Observational Closure Principle, exploring existence modes and their observational worlds, implying new insights into perception.
This is a preprint of the following paper: "The Observational Closure Principle: Perceptual Boundaries as Conditions of Participation Rather Than Epistemic Defects." The paper introduces the Observational Closure Principle (OCP), a structural account of the conditions under which each mode of existence necessarily generates and inhabits its own observational world. This preprint has not yet undergone peer review. The submitted version may differ from this document. Related updates may be available at: patreon.com/NMStructuralTheoryLab
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