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May 20, 20260 citationsOpen Access

No Causal Chain Proceeds Among Multiple Lawful Alternatives Without Selection - A Structural No-Go Result

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JMJohn Christian William McKinley

Key Points

  • To demonstrate that a causal chain cannot operate among multiple lawful alternatives without the necessity of selection.
  • Isolated the distinction between admissibility and selection.
  • Presented the concept as a structural no-go with a clear falsifier.
  • Established that admissibility does not actualize possibilities.
  • Showed that a causal chain through multiple alternatives necessitates the selection of one possibility.

Abstract

This note states a structural no-go: no causal chain proceeds among multiple lawful alternatives without selection — the taking of one alternative within the admissible set as the continuation actually realized. Admissibility presents possibilities; it does not actualize them. The paper isolates the distinction between admissibility (the standing of a possibility as lawfully open) and selection (the taking of one possibility as the one realized), and shows that a chain proceeding through a multi-alternative point requires the latter, not merely the former. The result is presented as a compact structural no-go with a clear falsifier.

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John Christian William McKinley (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d5078f03e14405aa9c39ehttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20264520
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