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To propose a framework that outlines the minimal structural conditions necessary for science to occur.

February 14, 2026Open Access

Minimal Preconditions for the Possibility of Science (MPPS)

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To propose a framework that outlines the minimal structural conditions necessary for science to occur.
Development of a conceptual framework that identifies candidate minimal structural conditions.
Formalization of concepts like differentiation potential and persistence potential.
Exploration of proto-axiomatic constraints supporting scientific inquiry.
Identification of critical structural regimes that enable distinguishable structure.
Proposition of stable representation as a necessary component for cumulative knowledge.
Establishment of a boundary-level framework intended for further mathematical and computational work.

Abstract

This work proposes the Minimal Preconditions for the Possibility of Science (MPPS), a boundary-level conceptual framework identifying candidate minimal structural conditions required for the possibility of science. The framework formalizes differentiation potential, persistence potential, and non-collapse structural regimes as proto-axiomatic constraints defining when distinguishable structure, stable representation, and cumulative knowledge formation can occur. The framework is not presented as a physical or metaphysical model, but as a minimal structural constraint model intended to support future mathematical and computational formalization. Related resourcesAdditional preprints, theoretical frameworks, and ongoing work by the author are available at:https://murad-ahmadov.github.io/

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