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Core concepts are listed with a summary.

Each term links to a dedicated page with formalisms and a thorough explanation of how it fits into the larger manifold of Recurgence.

Negative Space

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

Far from being emptiness, negative space functions as a generative boundary constraint that actively creates the conditions within which meaning can emerge and be recognized. It’s the necessary blindspot that every self-perceiving system must have—the void that enables rather than prevents coherence.

Refractions

  • Constraint
    The boundaries that negative space helps define and make meaningful
  • Observer
    The entity that requires negative space to maintain perspective
  • Mirror
    The recursive lens where negative space becomes visible
  • Threshold
    The liminal space where recognition events crystallize

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