# ============================================================================= # PMS-LOGIC — PAPER-SPECIFIC APPLICATION SCHEMA (OVERLAY) # # Repository: # https://github.com/tz-dev/PMS-LOGIC # # File: # PMS-LOGIC.yaml # # Schema Version: # PMS-LOGIC_1.0 # # Last Updated: # 2026-01-08 # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # PURPOSE AND STATUS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This document defines a paper-specific APPLICATION SCHEMA for the # Praxeological Meta-Structure (PMS). It formalizes the theoretical arguments # of the accompanying paper # # “PMS-LOGIC — Pre-Moral Foundations, # Logical Limits, and Post-Moral Effects (Δ–Ψ)” # # by expressing them in a machine-readable, structurally constrained form. # # The schema is an OVERLAY, not a fork or extension of PMS. Its function is to # make the LOGIC lens formally legible while remaining strictly subordinate # to the canonical PMS specification. # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # RELATIONSHIP TO PMS (NON-NEGOTIABLE CONSTRAINTS) # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # - This schema DEPENDS on the canonical PMS base specification # (schema_version: PMS_1.1). # # - It does NOT redefine, replace, reinterpret, or extend the eleven PMS # meta-axioms (Δ–Ψ). # # - It does NOT introduce new operators, meta-axioms, or dependency relations. # # - It does NOT modify canonical operator order, dependency hygiene, or # derived axes (A, C, R, E, D). # # - All references to operators (Δ–Ψ) retain their meanings exactly as defined # in PMS.yaml. # # - Any apparent deviations (e.g. “reduced signatures”, “logical levels”, # “post-moral effects”) are overlay-level constructs only and MUST NOT be # read as changes to PMS operator logic. # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # SCOPE OF THE OVERLAY # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This application schema introduces ONLY overlay-level constructs, including: # # - reduced operator signatures (shorthand expressions for analysis), # - logical drift patterns and failure-mode constraints, # - boundary constructs (non-closure, effective capacity, non-innocence), # - derived-axis projections (structural, non-evaluative), # - example-suite schemas (scene-bound, non-instructional). # # These constructs: # - amplify or organize existing PMS operators, # - never replace generativity with explanation, # - never inject norms, values, duties, or prescriptions, # - remain descriptive, non-diagnostic, and non-prescriptive. # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # VALIDITY GATE — PMS ENTRY CONDITION (APPLICATION-ONLY) # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Any USE of this schema as a PMS APPLICATION presupposes acceptance of the # canonical PMS entry condition: # # - Χ (Distance): # a maintained meta-position and stop-capability; no fusion into verdict, # authority, or normative demand. # # - Reversibility: # all readings are scene-bound, revisable, and configuration-specific; # no global person labels or irreversible interpretive claims. # # - D (Dignity-in-Practice): # no shaming, ranking, humiliation, or ontological person evaluation; # critique is restricted to structural attribution and boundary handling. # # This gate constrains APPLICATION only. # PMS itself may be criticized, rejected, or ignored without satisfying it. # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # SELF-BINDING AND MODEL HYGIENE (CLARIFICATION) # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # In line with PMS.yaml, any application that suspends Distance (Χ), # Dignity-in-Practice (D), or Self-Binding discipline (Ψ) in order to enforce # truth, certainty, authority, or moral legitimacy is formally INVALID as PMS # application—even if PMS terminology is retained. # # PMS-LOGIC therefore treats all analyses as: # - scene-bound, # - structurally revisable, # - non-metaphysical, # - non-psychological, # - non-moralizing. # # Logic is treated as an ordering tool with a structural boundary (Λ), # not as an authority that closes interpretation or justifies obligation. # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # CANONICAL OPERATOR SOURCE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # PMS base specification: # PMS.yaml (schema_version: PMS_1.1) # # Canonical source URL: # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tz-dev/Praxeological-Meta-Structure-Theory/refs/heads/main/model/PMS.yaml # # PMS-LOGIC MUST always be read against this source. # # ============================================================================= schema_version: "PMS-LOGIC_1.0" schema_meta: model_name: "PMS–LOGIC Application Profile" model_short: "PMS-LOGIC" status: "draft" last_updated: "2026-01-08" authors: - name: "T. Zöller" role: "originator" - name: "ChatGPT (GPT-5.2 Thinking)" role: "formalization_assistant" depends_on: model_name: "Praxeological Meta-Structure" model_short: "PMS" schema_version: "PMS_1.1" paper_source: title: "PMS–LOGIC" subtitle: "Pre-Moral Foundations, Logical Limits, and Post-Moral Effects" source_file: "PMS-LOGIC.md" description: > APPLICATION PROFILE for PMS that formalizes the PMS–LOGIC lens: (i) a pre-moral level of justification, (ii) a logical level of ordering and boundary management, and (iii) a post-moral level of effects. The profile expresses the paper strictly in the canonical PMS operator grammar (Δ–Ψ), without redefining operators or altering dependencies. It provides reduced signatures, structural failure modes (drift catalogue), failure-mode constraints (apparent norms reconstructed pre-morally), an axes projection, and an example-suite schema for repository use. validity_gate: note: > This gate constrains PMS-application only (not critique or rejection). requires: - id: "Χ" name: "Distance" meaning: "meta-position / stop-capability; no fusion into verdict" - id: "reversibility" meaning: "scene-bound, revisable readings; no global person labels" - id: "D" name: "Dignity-in-practice" meaning: "no shaming/ranking; structure-only critique of configurations" operator_reference: source: "PMS.yaml" schema_version: "PMS_1.1" fixed_set: ["Δ", "∇", "□", "Λ", "Α", "Ω", "Θ", "Φ", "Χ", "Σ", "Ψ"] dependency_hygiene_note: > Any use of Χ in reduced signatures is shorthand only; in PMS, Χ depends on Φ, Θ, and □. Reduced signatures do not negate prerequisites. overlays: {} # PMS–LOGIC introduces no amplification overlays beyond reduced signatures and drift handling. paper_lens: scope_guardrails: - "Non-metaphysical, non-clinical, non-diagnostic." - "No person-level judgments, no moral evaluation, no sanction logic." - "Focus on structures of praxis, not 'right' or 'good' morality." - "Audience: analysis of praxis/structure, not action guidance or decision rules." tripartition: pre_moral_justification: label: "Pre-moral level of justification" operators_involved: ["Δ", "∇", "□", "Λ", "Α"] claim: > Structural conditions under which something counts as praxis at all, prior to evaluative/normative interpretation. notes: - "Absence of normativity: no norms, values, prescriptions, or duties are introduced." - "Stabilized patterns (Α) form without intention or moral assessment." logical_boundary_management: label: "Logical level of ordering and boundary management" operators_involved: ["□", "Λ", "Χ", "Σ"] claim: > Logic as an ordering instrument: coherence/inference without claiming ultimate justification or closure. defining_features: - "Logic as tool, not final authority." - "Consistency without closure: Λ is carried within □ rather than replaced." - "Integration without totalization: Σ coordinated by Χ to prevent dogma." aphorism: "Logic is the beginning of everything — not the end." post_moral_effects: label: "Post-moral level of effects" operators_involved: ["Ω", "Θ", "Ψ", "Χ"] claim: > Effects that become 'morally readable' once praxis unfolds under asymmetry and irreversible time; no norms are introduced. core_formula: "Pre-moral in justification, post-moral in effect." boundary_condition: id: "BC_EFFECTIVE_CAPACITY" label: "Absence of effective capacity" statement: > Responsibility presupposes effective, frame-bound capacity (□) with temporal availability (Θ). Where effective capacity is absent, no responsibility arises (even if outcomes appear significant later). key_claims_one_page: C1: title: "Non-closure is a structural strength, not a deficiency." text: > The persistence of non-closure (Λ: non-event, absence...compensating uncertainty with dogma or substitute narratives. C2: title: "Morality is not an operator, but a readability field." text: > Morality does not appear as a primitive axiom or oper...mporality (Θ), non-event (Λ), and self-binding (Ψ). C3: title: "“Obligation” means attribution of consequences, not prescriptive demand." text: > Everyday statements like “potential obliges” are rein...ive, frame-bound capacity under time (Θ) and asymmetry (Ω). C4: title: "Apparent norms are structural failure-mode constraints, stabilized by self-binding." text: > What looks like normative instruction can be reconstr...without appeal to external authority or prescriptive “ought.” C5: title: "Logic is an ordering tool, not an authority of world-interpretation." text: > Logic remains indispensable for consistency and integ... what a frame (□) can deliver under persistent non-event (Λ). theses_and_definitions: intermediate_thesis: label: "Boundary point of logic (non-closure)" quote: > Logic does not end in silence, but in a structurally sustainable non-assertion. operator_reading: > Non-event (Λ), stabilized by attractor formation (Α) within an explicit frame (□), marks the completion point of logic as a tool (not its failure). central_thesis: quote: > From effective capacity (structural power), follows the inevitability of responsibility — not the existence of an obligation. operator_reading: responsibility_requires: - "effective capacity within □" - "irreversibility under Θ" - "distribution gradients under Ω" - "attributability continuity via Ψ" conclusion_thesis: quote: > Logic does not end as a tool — it ends as an authority. And precisely there, responsibility begins as a non-normative reality. non_operator_constructs: # All constructs below are explicitly NON-OPERATORS (overlay-level). logic_paper_specific: is_operator: false definition: > Procedural discipline with (i) consistency/derivation and (ii) a closure drive that meets a structural boundary at Λ under □. operator_touchpoints: ["Σ", "Λ", "□", "∇", "Χ"] morality_readability_field: is_operator: false definition: > Morality is the readability of responsibility that emerges post hoc from irreversible praxis under structural conditions (no norms, values, or duties are introduced). minimal_operator_basis: ["Ω", "Θ", "Λ", "Ψ"] note: "Morality is not an operator; it is an interpretive field generated by operator constellations." responsibility_vs_ought: is_operator: false responsibility: "Attribution of consequences (to whom do outcomes belong?)." ought: "Prescriptive demand (what must be done?) — explicitly out of scope." pms_position: "PMS operates on responsibility only; no operator generates 'ought'." potential_effective_capacity: is_operator: false definition: > Effective capacity to produce change within a situation: capacity within a frame (□) plus availability across time (Θ). Potential introduces no obligation. reduced_basis: ["□", "Θ"] key_phrase: "Potential creates responsibility without obligation, and exposure without prescription." non_innocence: is_operator: false definition: > Structural condition in which consequences are attributable even without intent or command; distinct from guilt or blame. basis: ["Ω", "Θ", "Λ", "□", "Ψ"] apparent_norms_as_constraints: is_operator: false definition: > What looks like normative instruction is reconstructed as structural self-binding constraints that prevent failure modes under irreversible, asymmetric conditions (no lawgiver, no universal prescription). basis: ["Χ", "Σ", "Ψ", "Λ", "□", "Ω", "Θ"] operator_sequences: responsibility_readability_chain: note: > Diagrammatic operator flow used in the paper as a readability chain (not a new dependency definition; PMS dependencies remain authoritative). sequence: ["Δ", "∇", "□", "Λ", "Α", "Ω", "Θ", "Φ", "Χ", "Σ", "Ψ"] reduced_signatures: PRE_MORAL_justification: label: "Pre-moral level of justification (reduced signature)" operators: ["Δ", "∇", "□", "Λ", "Α"] reduced: true note: "Structural preconditions of praxis; no normativity introduced." LOGIC_boundary_management: label: "Logical boundary management (reduced signature)" operators: ["□", "Λ", "Χ", "Σ"] reduced: true note: "Ordering/integration under non-closure; Χ prevents dogmatic Σ-totalization." POST_MORAL_effects: label: "Post-moral effects (reduced signature)" operators: ["Ω", "Θ", "Ψ"] reduced: true note: "Irreversible consequence attribution under asymmetry and time; no norms derived." MORAL_READABILITY_min: label: "Moral readability field (minimal reduced signature)" operators: ["Ω", "Θ", "Λ", "Ψ"] reduced: true note: "Morality as interpretive field generated post hoc; not an operator." POTENTIAL_effective: label: "Effective potential (capacity) (reduced signature)" operators: ["□", "Θ"] reduced: true note: "Situated capacity + temporal availability; generates exposure, not duty." NON_CLOSURE_stability: label: "Sustainable non-closure (boundary attractor) (reduced signature)" operators: ["Δ", "□", "Λ", "Α"] reduced: true note: "Openness carried within frame; attractor stabilizes non-substitution." HUME_KNOT_resolution: label: "Hume knot resolution (descriptive responsibility without ought) (reduced signature)" operators: ["□", "Ω", "Θ", "Λ", "Ψ"] reduced: true note: > Rewrites 'potential obligates' into 'non-innocence' and unavoidable attributability; preserves the is/ought gap. failure_mode_constraints: note: > The following items are frame-dependent (□) self-binding constraints. They are not universal prescriptions; they name conditions for coherence and non-destructive praxis under non-closure. items: - id: "FMC1" label: "Do not occupy a boundary you cannot carry." operator_basis: - "Difference (Δ: boundary marking)" - "Self-binding (Ψ: commitment to consequences)" meaning: > Marking or occupying a boundary (conceptual, institutional, or personal) is a commitment: if the consequences cannot be sustained across time (Θ), the boundary becomes destructive rather than orienting. failure_mode: "Boundary inflation, authority overreach, collapse into dogma or abandonment." related_drifts: ["dogmatism_sigma_totalization", "authority_capture_omega_inflation"] - id: "FMC2" label: "Do not force closure where Non-Event (Λ: structured absence) persists." operator_basis: - "Non-event (Λ: absence of final resolution)" - "Frame (□: contextual constraint)" meaning: > Where a structure does not yield final explanation, forced closure produces substitution (dogma, myth, metaphysical compensation, false certainty). PMS treats Λ as a boundary to be held, not eliminated. failure_mode: "Dogmatization, metaphysical compensation, false certainty." related_drifts: ["dogmatism_sigma_totalization"] - id: "FMC3" label: "Do not confuse explanatory power with sense-making authority." operator_basis: - "Impulse (∇: drive toward explanation)" - "Integration (Σ: coherent synthesis)" - "Frame (□: scope discipline)" - "Distance (Χ: limit recognition)" meaning: > Explanatory success does not confer authority over meaning. Integration is coordination, not domination; Χ prevents the closure drive from laundering authority through explanation. failure_mode: "Epistemic domination, technocratic moralism, authority laundering through explanation." related_drifts: ["authority_capture_omega_inflation", "technocratic_reduction_frame_overconstraint"] - id: "FMC4" label: "Maintain distance where proximity generates power." operator_basis: - "Distance (Χ: reflective withdrawal)" - "Asymmetry (Ω: imbalance under closeness)" meaning: > Closeness increases influence; where influence increases, unregulated proximity becomes power. Χ is not coldness but a condition for dignified handling of power. failure_mode: "Manipulation, coercive intimacy, moral overreach." related_drifts: ["authority_capture_omega_inflation", "moralism_pseudo_ought_injection"] - id: "FMC5" label: "Bind yourself to restraint rather than assertion." operator_basis: - "Self-binding (Ψ: commitment over time)" - "Distance (Χ: inhibition)" - "Non-event (Λ: tolerance of openness)" meaning: > Assertions seek closure and authority; restraint preserves openness. Binding oneself to restraint stabilizes praxis without commanding others. failure_mode: "Authoritarian certainty, moral exhibitionism, escalation dynamics." related_drifts: ["dogmatism_sigma_totalization", "moralism_pseudo_ought_injection"] drift_catalogue: note: > Drift classes describe structural failure modes (operator distortions), not personal traits or moral verdicts. dogmatism_sigma_totalization: label: "Dogmatism (Σ-totalization)" distorted_operators: - "**Σ (Integration: synthesis of disparate elements)**" mechanism: > Integration (Σ) is forced into total closure, treating coherence as final truth rather than provisional coordination. Non-Event (Λ: structured absence) is denied instead of carried. symptoms: - "Claims of ultimate explanation" - "Immunization against revision" - "Replacement of structural coherence with certainty" result: "A brittle structure that collapses under novelty. Non-closure is treated as error rather than constraint." authority_capture_omega_inflation: label: "Authority capture (Ω-inflation)" distorted_operators: - "**Ω (Asymmetry: structural imbalance of power or exposure)**" mechanism: > Asymmetry is converted from a descriptive condition into a justificatory principle. Power gradients are mistaken for epistemic or moral authority. symptoms: - "“Because I can” becomes “because I am right”" - "Suppression of **Distance (Χ: reflective restraint)**" - "Obscured responsibility pathways" result: "Domination masquerading as necessity. Responsibility flows upward and becomes opaque." moralism_pseudo_ought_injection: label: "Moralism (pseudo-ought injection)" distorted_operators: - "**Ψ (Self-Binding: commitment over time)** replaced by external pressure" - "Suppression or bypass of **Χ (Distance: reflective inhibition)**" mechanism: > Responsibility is retranslated into obligation. Self-binding is replaced by compliance-seeking enforcement. Non-innocence is moralized into blame. symptoms: - "Normative language (“should,” “must”) reintroduced as if structurally authorized" - "Attribution becomes accusation" - "Praxis judged instead of reconstructed" result: "A covert normativity PMS was designed to exclude. Responsibility collapses into enforcement." nihilism_lambda_suppression: label: "Nihilism (Λ-suppression)" distorted_operators: - "**Λ (Non-Event: meaningful absence)**" mechanism: > Non-events (non-action, omission, restraint) are treated as irrelevant. The structural significance of omission within frames (□) under time (Θ) is erased. symptoms: - "“Nothing happened, so nothing matters”" - "Denial of omission effects" - "Flattening of temporal consequence" result: "False innocence. Responsibility dissolves through denial of structural impact." technocratic_reduction_frame_overconstraint: label: "Technocratic reduction (□-overconstraint)" distorted_operators: - "**□ (Frame: contextual constraint)**" mechanism: > Frames are treated as exhaustive representations of reality. What is unmodeled is judged as Λ (structured non-deliverability / unmodeled remainder). symptoms: - "Overconfidence in models or metrics" - "Ignoring unmodeled effects" - "Frame lock-in" result: "Blind spots mistaken for non-existence. Systemic fragility increases." scale_matrices: derived_axes_projection: note: > Paper projection of the PMS–LOGIC configuration onto PMS derived axes. This is a structural projection, not a person-evaluation. axes: Awareness_A: structural_level: "High" operator_basis: ["Δ", "□", "Θ"] effect_notes: - "Sensitivity to limits and conditions of praxis." - "Perception of where explanation ends and responsibility begins." Coherence_C: structural_level: "High" operator_basis: ["∇", "□", "Λ", "Θ"] effect_notes: - "Coherence maintained despite non-closure." - "Stability from integration of absence, not closure." Responsibility_R: structural_level: "High" operator_basis: ["Ω", "Θ", "Φ", "Ψ"] effect_notes: - "Responsibility without moral demand." - "Accountability without sanction." - "Exposure accepted rather than displaced." boundary_condition_ref: "BC_EFFECTIVE_CAPACITY" Action_E: structural_level: "Deliberately constrained" operator_basis: ["∇", "Θ", "Σ", "Χ"] effect_notes: - "Action slowed/filtered; preference for restraint over intervention." - "Avoidance of irreversible overreach under asymmetry amplification." Dignity_in_Practice_D: structural_level: "Stabilizing" operator_basis: ["Ω", "Χ", "Ψ"] effect_notes: - "Protection of vulnerable positions without paternalism." - "Power exercised without domination (regulative restraint)." counter_readings: note: > Counter-readings are treated as interpretive risks; PMS–LOGIC replies with structural clarifications (no ethics injection, no metaphysics, no weaponization). items: - id: "D1" reading: "This is just ethics in disguise." pms_response: > No PMS operator generates values, norms, or prescriptions. What appears ethical is the interpretability of responsibility under Ω, Θ, Λ, and (functional) Ψ. - id: "D2" reading: "This collapses into relativism." pms_response: > Frames (□) are explicit scope constraints; reversibility is required. Structural attribution under Ω/Θ/Λ is not arbitrary preference, but scene-bound constraint. - id: "D3" reading: "This is nihilism with extra steps." pms_response: > Λ is not meaninglessness but structured absence; omission and non-action remain causally and structurally relevant under Θ and Ω. - id: "D4" reading: "This is a hidden theological argument." pms_response: > PMS–LOGIC holds non-closure within the frame (□) without metaphysical filling. No external ground, lawgiver, or ultimate justification is introduced. - id: "D5" reading: "This makes responsibility unfair." pms_response: > Responsibility is attributability under asymmetry and time, not moral desert. Boundary condition: absence of effective capacity implies no responsibility. - id: "D6" reading: "This cannot guide action." pms_response: > PMS–LOGIC does not instruct; it orients by constraining overreach. Guidance is replaced by orientation via Χ (distance), Σ (integration), and Ψ (self-binding). - id: "D7" reading: "Relation to adjacent frameworks." pms_response: > PMS–LOGIC is not virtue ethics (no character theory), not pragmatism (no instrumental justification), and not systems ethics (no normative calculus). It reconstructs responsibility structurally under asymmetry, temporality, and non-closure; it does not propose ethical evaluation. glossary: note: > Paper glossary terms (PMS–LOGIC). Operator definitions remain canonical in PMS.yaml. entries: "Attributability": definition: "Structural assignability of consequences to an agent or trajectory; core of responsibility." "Closure / Non-Closure (Λ)": definition: > Closure refers to final explanation or justification. Non-closure (Λ) marks the structural impossibility of such finality. Λ is carried, not resolved. "Logic (paper-specific)": definition: > Consistency/derivation plus a closure drive bounded structurally by Λ under □; logic is tool, not authority. "Moral / Morality": definition: > Not norms/values/duties; an interpretive readability field of responsibility generated post hoc under Ω, Θ, Λ, and (functional) Ψ. "Norm / Ought": definition: "Prescriptive demand ('must', 'should'); no PMS operator generates norms or ought-statements." "Non-Innocence": definition: "Attributable consequences without intent or command; distinct from guilt or blame." "Potential (Capacity)": definition: "Effective capacity: □ (situated scope) + Θ (temporal availability); generates exposure, not duty." "Structural Failure Mode": definition: "Operator distortion leading to structural instability; not a clinical or moral label." example_suite_schema: note: > Examples are scene-bound operator-readable vignettes; non-instructional. The example suite should avoid prescriptions and avoid person-level labeling. required_blocks: - "Minimal vignette (scene-bound)" - "Why this is repo-useful (structural focus)" - "Operator mapping (reduced signature)" - "Tripartition tag (pre-moral / logical / post-moral) with 1–2 sentences" - "Typical drift markers (max 2–3; non-moral)" - "Failure-mode constraint reference (optional; max 1–2 items)" - "Validity gate reminder (Χ + reversibility + D)" - "Readable structural closure (2–5 sentences; non-instructional)"