HIOF - OTE·ME— Paper 1: From the Block to Information

Holographic Information Ontology Framework (HIOF) — Spirit-Diagram Theorem · Emergence Equation Series (OTE·ME) Overview The Holographic Information Ontology Framework (HIOF) — Spirit-Diagram Theorem, Emergence Equation Series(abbreviated OTE·ME, from the Chinese 靈圖定理—顯現方程) is an eleven-paper theoretical series that reconstructs physical cosmology, decoherence, and cosmic-scale dynamics on an informational rather than a purely material substrate. The series replaces the classical spacetime block with the subjective information unit as its basic ontological primitive, and formalises the resulting dynamics through three coupled variables — entanglement (E), relational structure (R), and the field medium (ϕF) — governed by a unified transaction–recognition operator. The series begins from a methodological argument for observation-boundedness and the principle of simplest cause (Paper 0), develops the formal mathematical and geometric apparatus of the framework (Papers 1–2), applies it to reinterpret quantum decoherence, matter, and the two historical "clouds" of classical physics (Papers 3–5), extends it to cosmological closure and cross-scale singularity dynamics (Paper 6), positions it against competing research programmes such as causal set theory and the Page–Wootters mechanism (Paper 7), and derives concrete, falsifiable predictions (Paper 8). Paper 9 develops white-hole information re-injection as a mechanism for effective cosmic expansion. Paper 10, added subsequently to the original nine-paper arc, supplies the series' axiomatic foundation for consciousness and consensus — the Observation Postulate and the Panexperiential Postulate — resolving the problem of other minds and the combination problem within the framework's own transactional vocabulary. Series Structure Paper Title Core Content 0 Observation-Boundedness and the Simplest Cause Verification paradox; simplicity as inference to the best explanation; methodological foundation 1 From the Block to Information Subjective information unit; E, R, ϕF; observation postulate; panexperientialism 2 The Nonlinear Information Manifold Formal geometrisation of E, R, ϕF; curvature as informational tension 3 Deconstructing Decoherence Decoherence as informational settlement 4 Beyond the Matter Barrier Matter as a boundary condition of information flow 5 Deconstructing the Two Clouds Classical clouds of physics reframed through HIOF 6 Singularity Decoupling and Cross-Scale Closure Cosmological closure; singularities as decoupling events 7 Theoretical Comparison and Framework Positioning HIOF vs. causal set theory, Page–Wootters mechanism 8 Verification and Testable Predictions Falsifiable predictions derived from HIOF 9 White-Hole Information Injection and Effective Cosmic Expansion Re-injection dynamics; expansion as informational output 10 The Observation Postulate and the Consensus Recognition Mechanism Axiomatic foundation of consciousness and consensus Keywords holographic information ontology; observation postulate; panexperientialism; decoherence; information manifold; causal ledger; cosmic information; consensus recognition; combination problem; transaction–recognition operator; theoretical cosmology Author Wai-Hung Tam (Pan)Independent ResearcherORCID: 0009-0002-7789-8464Email: panxtam@protonmail.com Citation format Tam, W.-H. (Pan). (2026). Holographic Information Ontology Framework — Spirit-Diagram Theorem, Emergence Equation Series (Papers 0–10).