Causonomy

Papers

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Causonomy: the foundational paper

Pascal Etcheber · April 2026

Establishes the framework: the derivation of the universal activities, the structure of deviation, and the closure argument from which the finite causal field follows.

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Causonomy applied to management systems

Pascal Etcheber · 2026

Applies the framework to the governance layer: the management actions any system performs to direct and control itself, and how failures of governance enter the causal field.

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Transcendental AI: a Kantian framework for domain-independent reasoning

Pascal Etcheber · revised edition in preparation

Situates the framework against artificial intelligence: reasoning that operates on structure rather than on accumulated domain content. A revised edition is in preparation and will be published here when it is issued.

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