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The aim is to clarify how reference operates within Kasei-Theory without being tied to traditional notions of correspondence.

June 15, 2026Open Access

Kasei-Theory Post-II Threshold: Reference Without Correspondence

Key Points

The aim is to clarify how reference operates within Kasei-Theory without being tied to traditional notions of correspondence.
Examines the concept of reference in the context of Kasei-Theory.
Critiques established notions such as semantics and correspondence in relation to reference.
Identifies conditions under which reference can be established without conventional mappings.
Finds that reference is fixed only through threshold readability without correspondence.
Demonstrates that traditional constructs like referents and semantic relations are not necessitated for establishing reference.
Highlights the independence of reference from ontology and determinism.

Abstract

This paper fixes reference within the post-II threshold of Kasei-Theory. Reference is not introduced as correspondence, referent, semantic relation, signified entity, designation, indication, mapping, representation, aboutness, truth-condition, name-bearer, object of reference, language, meaning, access, or ontology. Reading does not establish reference. Time does not establish reference. Observation does not establish reference. State does not establish reference. Field does not establish reference. Interaction does not establish reference. Information does not establish reference. Phase does not establish reference. Life does not establish reference. Consciousness does not establish reference. Qualia do not establish reference. Askability does not establish reference. Object does not establish reference. Configuration does not establish reference. Reference is fixed only as the threshold readability condition under which readable configuration is readable as reference without establishing correspondence. This threshold readability does not establish correspondence, referent, semantic relation, signified entity, designation, indication, mapping, representation, aboutness, truth-condition, language, meaning, access, or ontology. The paper prevents reference from being reduced to correspondence, referent, semantic relation, signified entity, designation, indication, mapping, representation, aboutness, truth-condition, language, meaning, or ontological relation. Reference does not restore object, does not supply a referent, does not connect word and world, does not establish semantic correspondence, and does not secure ontology. Kasei-Theory does not establish determinism. Fixation is not determination. Constraint is not necessity. Maintainability is not predestination. Non-transition is not modal exclusion. No correspondence is presupposed. No referent is introduced. No semantic relation is established. No signified entity is restored. No mapping is introduced. No ontology is secured.

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