Relational Actualism II: Emergent Matter and Interaction from Discrete Motif Structure

Relational Actualism II develops a discrete, causal-network-based approach to matter and interaction. Instead of treating particles and forces as fundamental fields, the framework models matter as a finite set of stable motifs arising from local growth dynamics in a causal graph. Interaction ranges, confinement, and structural asymmetries are interpreted as consequences of closure, renewal, and conservation constraints rather than gauge symmetry or field dynamics. The paper addresses the same empirical domain as particle physics—masses, lifetimes, and interaction behavior—while proposing a fundamentally different mechanism based on discrete causal structure. It includes native arithmetic and computational results, such as motif closure structure, dimensionless interaction scales, and BDG-derived selectivity measures, while identifying open targets, including full-spectrum mapping and scattering predictions.