In Part I, DSR Theory (Theoretical Foundation), Chapter I, What Is DSR Theory?, this chapter provides an overview of how DSR Theory gradually emerged and what DSR Theory is, as a whole.
1. The Origins of DSR Theory — The “Three Perspectives” and the “BS Perspective”
DSR Theory gradually took shape starting from two origins:
the “Three Perspectives” and the “BS (Balance Sheet) perspective.”
1) The Three Perspectives
When taking a bird’s-eye view of various social phenomena, three key concepts found in the following works serve as useful guideposts.
1.1) Fiction — Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Fiction refers to shared narratives created by imagination—things that do not physically
exist, yet become socially real through collective belief—and thus functions as a framework
that enables large-scale cooperation and social structures.
1.2) Domain — Why the World Does Not Exist (Markus Gabriel)
Gabriel argues that to exist is to appear within some field of sense; therefore, a single
totality called “the world,” which contains everything, cannot exist. What we call
”the world” is not one unified whole, but is instead understood as a set of fields of
sense (or domains).
1.3) Relation — Helgoland (Carlo Rovelli)
In Rovelli’s relational interpretation of quantum mechanics, the state of a physical
system is not determined absolutely on its own, but is described only in terms of
interactions and informational relations with other physical systems.
This perspective is not limited to physics, but suggests a view of the world as a network
of relations rather than a collection of self-subsisting things, in which meaning and
information are likewise understood as relational and relative structures.
2) The BS Perspective (The Fundamental Structure of the Balance Sheet)
In economics and accounting, the Balance Sheet (BS) is widely used as a standard tool for
taking a bird’s-eye view of assets and money. The BS has the following fundamental
structure.
2.1) The Dual-Aspect Structure of Debit and Credit — Asset States / Sources of Assets
Debit and Credit are always in balance and can be reinterpreted as representing the state
of assets (Debit) and the source of assets (Credit), respectively.
2.2) The Two-Layer Structure of the Credit Side — Liabilities / Equity(External / Internal)
The Credit side (the source of assets) has a two-layer structure consisting of
Liabilities and Equity.
This structure can be reinterpreted as others’ assets vs one’s own assets, or
alternatively, as external vs internal sources.
2.3) The Stock-Flow Structure (SF Structure)
Items recorded on the BS can be broadly classified into Stock items and Flow items,
forming a Stock-Flow (SF) structure.
The Stock structure can be reinterpreted as a self-contained structure, while the Flow
structure can be reinterpreted as a relationally-dependent structure.
2. From the Three Perspectives to DSR
When taking a bird’s-eye view of social phenomena by overlapping the three perspectives,
it gradually becomes clear that the three perspectives converge into a common framework
for understanding phenomena—namely, DSR.
1) From Fiction to Recognition
When fiction—stories generated through imagination—is shared collectively, people are able to cooperate on a large scale, and various social phenomena take concrete form.
Patterns of human behavior vary significantly depending on which fictions are believed and shared, and which are not.
The question of how narratives created by imagination are accepted or rejected by others can be abstracted into the question of how they are recognized.
2) From Recognition to Structure
Recognition also functions as a criterion in asset analysis.
That is, it raises the question of how people recognize the value of a given asset.
Assets can be broadly classified into those whose value does not depend on recognition (existential assets) and those whose value does depend on recognition (recognition-based assets).
The difference between existential assets and recognition-based assets can be expressed in terms of their structural characteristics.
Existential assets—such as land or tangible fixed assets—are assets whose value does not depend on recognition and thus exhibit a Stock Structure.
Recognition-based assets—such as claims or equities—are assets whose value depends on recognition and thus exhibit a Flow Structure.
In this way, assets are shown to have different structural characteristics,
depending on whether their value depends on recognition or not.
(The detailed discussion of existential assets and recognition-based assets is provided in Chapter III: The Nature of Value.)
3) From the Three Perspectives to “DSR”
When the question of whether something is fictional arises—that is, whether it exists only through recognition or independently of it—this distinction appears as a difference in structure.
As a result, the three perspectives (Fiction, Domain, and Relation) can be understood in terms of the following questions:
- What Domain is involved?
- What kind of Structure does it have?
- What kind of Relation does it involve?
Thus, this leads to a common question:
What is the DSR (Domain, Structure, and Relation) of the phenomenon in question?
3. The Convergence of DSR (the Three Perspectives) and the BS Perspective — The Emergence of the BS-DSR Framework
What is money, and what is the nature of assets, which constitute the source of money?
In the process of examining these questions from a bird’s-eye perspective through the Three Perspectives, DSR gradually emerged — namely, asking: what Domain is involved, what Structure it has, and what Relations it involves.
In this examination, the Balance Sheet (BS) was used as an economic and accounting tool, and in the course of this exploration, it became clear that the DSR perspective naturally converges with the BS perspective (the fundamental structure of the BS).
Thus, the Three Perspectives (DSR) and the BS perspective converged, leading to the emergence of what we call the BS-DSR framework. This framework makes it possible to apply the fundamental structure of the BS in order to clearly identify the DSR of the subject in question.
1) Domain (D):
What domain is involved, and whose domain is it? — In other words, what BS is it, and whose BS is it?
This concerns how broadly a BS is constituted and taken as a unit of analysis, appearing as differences in the scope within which the domain is constituted, namely:
- a single entity,
- an inter-entity relation, or
- a collective entity.
2) Structure (S):
How does the object appear in terms of its form and structural characteristics within the BS—that is, how do the relevant domains and elements within the BS appear structurally?
This can be understood through the following structural characteristics:
2.1) The overall structure of the BS: Debit / Credit — Phenomenon (what appears) / Source (origin)
2.2) The internal structure of the Credit (source) side:
Liabilities / Equity — External / Internal — Others’ assets / One’s own assets
2.3) The structure of elements within the BS: Stock Structure (self-contained structure) / Flow
Structure (relationally dependent structure)
3) Relation (R):
In relations of dependence, which entities depend on which other entities and on which elements? This concerns how, under a given domain and structure, entities stand in dependent relations with other entities and elements.
4. From the BS-DSR Framework to DSR Theory
In the course of advancing the exploration of assets and money through the BS-DSR framework, it became apparent that their source can be traced back along the path:
money → assets → value → meaning.
From this, the hypothesis emerged that the ultimate source of meaning—and thus of assets and money—is relation. This hypothesis thus leads to what we call DSR Theory. (A detailed discussion is provided in Chapter II, The Nature of Meaning.)
1) Deepening the Analysis of Money and Assets through the BS-DSR Framework
The initial focus of the BS-DSR framework was money: What is money, and where does it come from? These questions were examined from a bird’s-eye perspective through the framework, and in this process, the inquiry naturally traced back from money to assets as its source.
2) From Assets to Value
In examining assets through the BS-DSR framework and asking what assets are, the inquiry further traced back to the question of value: What is the value of assets, and where does value originate?
3) From Value to Meaning
In examining value through the BS-DSR framework and asking what value is, the inquiry further traced back to the question of meaning: What gives value its meaning, and where does meaning originate?
4) The Source of Meaning
In examining meaning through the BS-DSR framework and further exploring what meaning is, the inquiry ultimately traced back to Relation as the source of meaning, thereby converging on R in DSR.
5) Hypothesis: The Source of Money
Tracing the source of money through the BS-DSR framework likewise leads, as described above, to Relation as its ultimate source. (A detailed discussion is provided in Chapter VI, The Nature of Money.)
5. The Significance of DSR Theory and the BS-DSR Framework
The significance of DSR Theory and the BS-DSR framework, which emerged through the process described above, may be summarized in the following points.
1) Presenting the Ultimate Source of Assets and Money, and Their Developmental Model
DSR Theory proposes, as a hypothesis, that the ultimate source of assets and money lies in Relation, and further presents a developmental model describing how money unfolds from Relation through meaning, value, and assets.
2) Presenting the BS-DSR Framework as a Theoretical Form of the Fundamental Structure of the BS
Although the Balance Sheet has long been widely used in practice around the world, the structural principles underlying it have not been made explicit. The BS-DSR framework extracts and clarifies these structural principles and presents them as a theoretical framework.
3) Suggesting the Potential of a Universal Framework for Understanding Diverse Phenomena
By extending the application of the BS structure beyond the economic and accounting domains to diverse phenomena, DSR Theory and the BS-DSR framework suggest the possibility of clarifying the nature of various phenomena through the perspectives of Domain, Structure, and Relation.
6. The Overall Structure of DSR Theory
The overall structure of DSR Theory is as follows.
Part I: Theoretical Foundations — The Source of Meaning and Its Models of Generation, Formation, and Transformation
Chapter I: What is DSR Theory? (This Chapter)
An overview of how DSR Theory and the BS-DSR framework emerged and their overall structure.
Chapter II: The Nature of Meaning
By taking a bird’s-eye view of primordial recognition, this chapter explores what meaning is and what constitutes its source.
Chapter III: The Nature of Value
By examining the formation structure of meaning, this chapter explores how meaning transforms into value and clarifies the nature of value.
Chapter IV: The Boundary of AGI
From the perspective of the formation structures of meaning and value, and the distinction between the two sources of recognition—external and internal—this chapter takes a bird’s-eye view of the possibilities and limitations of AGI.
Part II: Applications — Exploring the Nature of Diverse Phenomena through DSR Theory and the BS-DSR Framework
Chapter V: The Nature of Assets
By examining assets as forms through which value is retained and transformed, this chapter explores their value structures as well as their processes of generation and transformation.
Chapter VI: The Nature of Money
By examining money as a form of asset, this chapter explores its value structure, its processes of generation and transformation, and ultimately investigates the source of money itself.
Chapter VII: The Nature of Government — From the Perspective of Money
By taking a bird’s-eye view of the nature of money, this chapter explores the nature of the consolidated government as its issuer.
Chapter VIII: The Nature of Markets
By examining markets through the BS-DSR framework, this chapter explores how money functions within market structures.
Chapter IX and Beyond: Diverse Phenomena Interpreted through the BS-DSR Framework
Focusing on existing phenomena (theories, institutions, concepts, etc.) whose underlying structures may not have been sufficiently visible from conventional perspectives, these chapters take a bird’s-eye view using DSR Theory and the BS-DSR framework to explore their essential nature.
The overall structure of DSR Theory has now been outlined.
The detailed table of contents for Chapter I follows below.
Chapter I : What is DSR Theory ?
1. From Three Perspectives to DSR Theory
2. From Fiction to Recognition
3. From Recognition to Meaning
4. From Meaning to Balance
5. Introducing the BS (Balance Sheet) Perspective
6. What Is DSR Theory?
7. Introducing the BS-DSR Framework
8. The Significance of DSR Theory and Its Practical Framework (the BS-DSR Framework)
9. A Universal Framework for Capturing Diverse Phenomena
1. From Three Perspectives to DSR Theory
1) Three Perspectives for Reading the World
1.1) Fiction — Yuval Noah Harari
1.2) Domain — Markus Gabriel
1.3) Relation — Carlo Rovelli
2) From Three Perspectives to The BS-DSR Framework
3) The Path That Led to DSR Theory
3.1) Tracing the question “What Is Money?” through the BS-DSR Framework
3.2) Understanding the source of money requires a Bird’s-Eye View of Assets
3.3) A bird’s-eye view of assets reveals value
3.4) A bird’s-eye view of value reveals meaning as its source
3.5) This path culminated in the full DSR Theory taking shape
— BS-DSR Framework → Money → Assets → Value → Meaning → DSR Theory
4) The Scope of DSR Theory
4.1) An abstract framework for reading objects through three layers: Domain, Structure,
and Relation
4.2) A method for taking a bird’s-eye view of economic, social, natural phenomena,
and beyond, using a unified structural language
4.3) The Structure of the DSR Theory Corpus
- Preface: Author’s Position — reading phenomena simply, without reliance on
specialized knowledge
- Chapter I: What Is DSR Theory? — from Three Perspectives and the BS Viewpoint to
the introduction of the BS-DSR Framework
- Chapter II: The Nature of Meaning — The beginning of meaning lies in the
emergence of relation
- Chapter III: The Nature of Value — from meaning to value (planned)
- Chapter IV: The Boundary of AGI — boundaries among humans, animals,plants, and
AGI defined by self-generated and linguistic recognition (planned)
4.4) The Range of Inquiry Viewed through DSR Theory
- Chapter V: The Nature of Assets / Chapter VI: The Nature of Money
…… The original aim of constructing DSR Theory (planned)
- Chapter VII and Beyond: Extensions to diverse domains (planned)
2. From Fiction to Recognition
1) Harari’s “Fiction”
— The human capacity for language-based recognition (what only humans possess)
1.1) Is “Fiction” a “Lie”?
— The meaning of the term “fiction”
1.2) Fiction can be realized
— Fiction is the recognition of meaning, and meaning can become reality
2) Recognition — A Perspective That Takes Something As an Object
3) Before Recognition Arises
— The existence of undifferentiated “fluctuations” as natural phenomena and physical
properties
— At a stage where recognition has not yet arisen, undifferentiated fluctuations
appear in a diffuse manner
— At this stage, neither subject nor object, nor any relation, has yet arisen
4) The Arising of Primordial Recognition
— Recognizing Primordial Correspondence: “Something Is There”
4.1) The Boundary between “Nothing” and “Something”
4.2) “Something Is There” means — “Something Is recognized as being there”
4.3) The minimal condition for recognition
— The co-presence of a recognizing subject and a recognized object
— Subject = the perspective of recognition / Object = the object of recognition
4.4) Primordial recognition — the recognition of primordial correspondence
- Primordial correspondence exists between subject and object
- Correspondence between subject and object means “There is a self that recognizes
something”, or simply, “There is a self”
3. From Recognition to Meaning
1) Is “Something Is There” Already Meaning?
1.1) Primordial recognition – the arising of subject and object
1.2) Subject = the perspective of recognition / Object = the object of recognition
1.3) When the object has no gap—when it is purely singular, can anything be recognized?
— Thought experiment: what can be seen in a world of only yellow?
→ without any other colors, yellow cannot be recognized as “yellow”
1.4) “Something” cannot be recognized without the presence of “something else”
2) The Condition For Meaning To Take Shape — “Contrast” with Others
2.1) Explaining “Something” necessarily requires “Something Else”
2.2) Meaning necessarily seeks “contrast”
2.3) Contrast requires a “Gap” between something and something else
2.4) A “Gap” brings forth relation and balance between something and something else
3) The Source of Meaning = There Is a Gap – The establishment of relation and balance
3.1) Contrast arises only when there is a gap
3.2) Contrast across the two sides of a gap establishes relation and balance
3.3) Meaning appears as “difference” between the two sides of a gap
4) Meaning-Generation Process — How Meaning Appears
P0 Before Recognition — The Existence of “Fluctuations”
– Recognition has not yet arisen.
P1 The Arising of Primordial Recognition
= Recognizing Primordial “Correspondence”: “Something Is There”
– Subject recognition (and object recognition) = Self-recognition
P2 The Source of Meaning Appears = Primordial “Relation” Arises — “There Is a Gap”
– Relation arises as a prerequisite for meaning-generation
– Relation has arisen, but it has not yet tilted; no directionality has arisen
– Only the source of meaning has appeared; meaning itself has not yet appeared
P3 Recognizing a Vague Meaning
= An Open “Boundary” Appears = “Difference” Appears — “Something Feels Different”
– The source of meaning (gap / relation) begins to tilt
– A boundary exists, yet it remains open — it diverges
– The two sides of the open boundary feel different
– Difference exists, but it diverges and does not converge;
the difference is not yet clear
– Meaning remains vague
P4 Recognizing a Clear Meaning
= The Closure of a “Boundary” → The Establishment of a “Relation”
→ The Emergence of a “Domain”
– The inside closes; inside / outside become distinct,
and the scope of the inside becomes definite
– As the scope becomes definite, the divergence inside converges
– A relation is established between “the closed inside” and “the open outside”
– This inside–outside relation makes the inside stand out clearly as a domain
– The domain and the relation that supports it form a meaning-structure,
and meaning takes shape
<P2–P4 The Formation of the “Structure” of Meaning>
PC Transformation of Meaning “Structure”
— The Reappearance of “Boundary” and “Difference”: Two Typologies
(1) “Reopening and Divergence of a Closed Domain”
→ Transformation of Existing Meaning
– When the closed boundary and domain come under increasing pressure to transform
—due to external forces or internal change—the closed boundary is “opened”,
diverges again, and then closes in a changed form, transforming the existing
meaning into a new one.
(2) New Boundary Appears Within or Outside an Existing Meaning Structure
→ A New Domain Emerges → A New Meaning Take Shape
– A new boundary appears in the fluctuations that exist within or outside
an existing meaning structure, and ultimately,
a new meaning structure takes shape.
4. From Meaning to Balance
1) Primordial Recognition = Primordial Correspondence (Subject-Object)
— The Balance Between Subject and Object
2) The Source of Meaning = “A Gap” — The Balance Across the Two Sides of a Gap
3) Meaning Calls for “BS” (Balance Sheet)
5. Introducing the BS (Balance Sheet) Perspective
1) The Balance Sheet (BS) as the Space Where Recognition Takes Place
2) The Fundamental Structure of the BS (1): The Dual-Aspect Structure of Debit and Credit
— The Appearance of Assets and Their Source
3) The Fundamental Structure of the BS (2): The Two-Layer Structure of the Credit Side
— A Zero-Sum Relation Between Internal and External Sources
4) The Fundamental Structure of the BS (3): The Stock–Flow (SF) Structure
5) Why the Three Perspectives Align So Well with the Fundamental Structure of the BS
5.1) Fiction = Recognition :
– The SF Structure (3) Is Defined by the Presence or Absence of Recognition
5.2) Domains :
– The BS Makes Domains Explicit — Debit/Credit (1), Internal/External (2),
Single-Entity/Consolidated, and More
5.3) Relations :
– The BS Captures Diverse Relations — Debit–Credit (1), Claim–Obligation (3),
Investment–Capital (3), and More
6. What Is DSR Theory?
1) The Integration of the Three Perspectives and the Fundamental Structure of the BS
1.1) From the three perspectives to the DSR three layers — Domain, Structure, and Relation
1.1.1) The affinity between the three perspectives and the fundamental structure of the BS
1.1.2) From the three perspectives to the DSR three layers (Domain, Structure, and
Relation)
1.2) Describing the DSR three layers through the BS
1.2.1) Domain: what domain is it, and which entity does it belong to?
1.2.2) Structure: what does the object mean?
(Existence vs. Recognition / Self-Contained vs. Dependent)
1.2.3) Relation: Does the object have relations, and if so, with whom and what kind?
1.3) The DSR loop — the circulation structure of domain, structure, and relation
1.3.1) domain generates structure
1.3.2) structure generates relation
1.3.3) relation generates a new domain → recursive circulation
2) What Is DSR Theory?
- DSR theory is a framework that uses the BS-DSR frame (explained later) to describe an object
in terms of DSR (Domain, Structure, and Relation), thereby clarifying the object’s nature.
2.1) Domain:
a meaning space that serves as the framework in which an object is established and
relations are formed. It distinguishes the inside and the outside of the domain. It contains
structure and relation within itself.
2.2) Structure:
a framework that summarizes the arrangement of objects and relations within a domain,
and the pattern of interactions that emerges from that arrangement. It contains domains
and relations within itself.
2.3) Relation:
a structure of effects through which multiple objects influence one another within
a domain. It also refers to a structure of effects through which a domain and the objects
within it influence other domains and the objects within them. It contains domains and
structures within itself.
7. Introducing the BS-DSR Framework
1) The BS-DSR Framework
– a framework for analyzing an object by using the fundamental structure of the BS,
as a practical tool for DSR theory
1.1) Domain:
1.1.1) what BS is it?
1.1.2) whose BS is it? – single-entity / inter-entity / collective entity
1.2) Structure:
1.2.1) appearance / source (debit / credit) – what appears, and what is its source?
1.2.2) internal / external: is the source internal (self) or external (others)?
1.2.3) the SF structure: is the appearance/source stock-structured (self-contained)
or flow-structured (dependent)?
1.3) Relation:
1.3.1) self-contained or dependent
1.3.2) if dependent:
1.3.2.1) dependent on oneself – self-based dependence
1.3.2.2) dependent on others’ obligations (enforceable) – obligation-based dependence
1.3.2.3)dependent on others’ performance (rule-governed) – performance-based dependence
1.3.2.4) dependent on others’ goodwill (voluntary) – goodwill-based dependence
2) The Abstract Structural Model (DSR Theory) and Its Concrete Embodiment (the BS-DSR
Framework)
2.1) DSR theory:
– a theory that describes any object through the three layers of Domain, Structure,
and Relation.
– It serves as an abstract model that captures the structure of the world.
2.2) the BS-DSR framework:
2.2.1) the BS is one of the most structurally transparent embodiments in the world.
2.2.2) key features of the BS:
2.2.2.1) domain is explicit: single-entity / inter-entity / consolidated
2.2.2.2) structure is explicit: debit/credit = appearance/source, internal/external,
and the SF structure
2.2.2.3) relation is explicit: receivable/payable, investment/capital, claim/obligation,
and more
2.3) the relationship between DSR theory and the BS-DSR framework:
– a hierarchical structure from an abstract model to a concrete embodiment
8. The Significance of DSR Theory and Its Practical Framework (the BS-DSR Framework)
1) An Abstract Theory That Extracts the Structural Principles Inherent in the BS and Generalizes
Them Beyond the Economic Field
– DSR theory extracts the structural principles inherent in the BS and generalizes them into
an abstract theory that can be applied to a wide range of phenomena beyond the economic
field.
2) Presenting the Structural Principles That Have Long Been Embedded in the BS but Have
Never Been Explicitly Articulated
– The BS has long been widely used in practice across the world, yet the structural principles
behind it have not been explicitly articulated. DSR theory extracts those principles and
presents them as a theoretical framework.
3) A Universal Framework for Interpreting the World Through Domain, Structure, and Relation
– DSR theory and its concrete embodiment, the BS-DSR framework, provide a methodology
for interpreting any phenomenon in the world through the three layers of Domain,
Structure, and Relation, thereby clarifying its Nature.
– Based on the BS-DSR framework, DSR theory offers a theoretical framework for taking a
bird’s-eye view of meaning, value, assets, and money, as well as social institutions and
structures.
9. A Universal Framework for Capturing Diverse Phenomena
1) The Scope of DSR Theory
— it is not a theory confined to a specific field, but an abstract framework for interpreting any
object through the three layers of Domain, Structure, and Relation.
— it makes it possible to view economics, society, recognition, and natural phenomena
through the same structural terms.
- the composition of DSR theory:
Chapter I: What Is DSR Theory?
— From the Three Perspectives and the BS Perspective to the Introduction of
the BS-DSR Framework
Chapter II: The Nature of Meaning
— The Beginning of Meaning Lies in the Emergence of
Relation
Chapter III: The Nature of Value
— From Meaning to Value (Planned)
Chapter IV: The Boundary of AGI
— How the Five Senses Draw the Line Between Humans, Animals, and AGI
(Planned)
2) Fields to Be Interpreted Through DSR Theory (Planned)
Chapter V: The Nature of Assets
Chapter VI: The Nature of Money
Chapter VII: The Nature of Government — From the Perspective of Money
Chapter VIII: The Nature of Markets
Chapter IX and Beyond: Diverse Phenomena Interpreted Through the BS-DSR
Framework
3) Re-Describing Natural Science (Physics), Epistemology, and AGI Through DSR Theory (Outlook)
— not as a replacement of existing theories or concepts, but as a possibility of re-framing them
structurally through DSR (Domain, Structure, and Relation).
3.1) wave–particle duality in quantum theory
— in physics, it describes the dual nature of quantum entities as waves and as particles.
— in DSR terms, “wave” may be viewed as a state in which relations remain open and unfold,
while “particle” may be viewed as a state in which relations close and appear as a structure.
3.2) the measurement problem in quantum mechanics
— in physics, it concerns why outcomes are not definite before measurement, yet become
definite when measurement occurs.
— in DSR terms, measurement may be re-described as an act that closes open relations
and stabilizes them as a structure.
3.3) the Planck length
— in physics, it is often described as a fundamental length scale at which the classical picture
of spacetime may break down.
— in DSR terms, it may be interpreted as the minimal resolution at which relations can
meaningfully be opened or closed, and difference can arise.
3.4) the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
— in physics, it is often formulated as a limit on how precisely certain pairs of quantities can be
specified at once.
— in DSR terms, it may suggest a trade-off in relational closure: closing one relation more
tightly tends to leave another more open.
3.5) Zeno’s paradoxes (infinite regress, infinite division, infinite approach)
— a classic set of paradoxes concerning motion and arrival.
— in DSR terms, as long as relations of influence or reaching a destination remain open and
never fully close, the state of being “still on the way” may continue indefinitely.
3.6) the many-worlds interpretation (of quantum mechanics)
— in physics, it is an interpretation in which all possible outcomes are realized in branching
worlds.
— in DSR terms, it may be understood as an appearance of endless branching of relational
configurations across domains.
3.7) implications for epistemology and AGI (structural insights)
— in current discussions, a central question is under what conditions genuinely self-generated
recognition can arise.
— in many accounts, if self-generated recognition is ultimately grounded in interaction with
an external environment, meaning generation may not be uniquely human.
— at the same time, it remains an open question whether an entity that lacks sensory input
(the five senses) or environmental interaction can enter a meaning-generating cycle
analogous to that of humans.
— in DSR terms, DSR theory may offer a way to approach epistemological questions
concerning self-generated recognition, embodiment, and sensory input in AGI.
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