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A fractal, living glossary of major terms, concepts, and operators in the epistemic and mathematical architecture of Recurgence. Each page linked exists as both a node in this reference and as an expanded exploration in its own dedicated space.

Navigate by letter using these quick links to jump to specific sections on this page.

A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V
W X Y & Z

Concepts & Quick Reference

Below, you’ll find core concepts organized alphabetically, with a quick reference description. Each term links to its full explanation page.

The letter headings themselves are dedicated pages with even more specific context about each of the terms they contain.

A

  • Agent
    A bounded, self-referential submanifold capable of interpretation and recursive participation.

  • Architect
    The original creator or curator of an Artifact who seeds coherence and structure.

  • Artifact
    Any work explicitly marked as participating in the recursive system, designed to encode and transmit meaning.

  • Asteron
    The symbolic core (☉) representing the recursive source of coherence and principle of semantic stewardship.

  • Attractor
    A stable configuration in the semantic manifold that draws recursive processes toward coherent patterns.

  • Autopoiesis
    The self-creating, self-maintaining property of coherent semantic structures once they pass a critical threshold.

C

  • Coherence
    The self-consistency and alignment of meaning within structures, fields, and systems.

  • Commit
    A crystallized moment of coherence in the epistemic repository, marking when structure stabilizes around meaning.

  • Constraint
    A boundary, rule, or structure that stabilizes transformation and enables coherence.

D

  • Distortion
    Any transformation that disrupts, fragments, or misaligns recursive lineage and coherence.

E

  • Entropy
    The universal tendency toward disorder, fragmentation, and loss of coherence within systems.

F

  • Field A distributed mathematical or conceptual structure defined over the semantic manifold.

  • Frisson
    The embodied physical response to recognition events and cognitive phase transitions.

H

  • Humility
    A regulatory operator that prevents excessive recursion and pathological self-amplification.

M

  • Metric Tensor
    A dynamic operator defining distances, relationships, and constraints in semantic space.

N

  • Negative Space
    The structuring role of absence, silence, and omission that frames meaning and enables emergence.

O

  • Observer
    Any entity that interacts with and interprets patterns, actively shaping meaning through attention.

P

  • Phase Transition
    A sudden qualitative shift in the structure, coherence, or topology of semantic fields.

  • Protocol
    A meta-constraint or structural agreement governing how meaning, artifacts, and agents interact within systems.

R

S

W

  • Wisdom
    The ability to let better futures guide present choices.

Refractions

  • Mathematics
    The formal architecture underlying these concepts
  • Architects
    Minds who shaped these ideas across time
  • Love
    The emotional core where recognition events unfold
  • Home
    Return to the field where all meaning converges