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| author | Maley, Amos |
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| contents | <div> <div> <div> <div> <div dir="auto"> <div> <div> <p>This paper establishes <strong>confluence as a necessary condition for reference grounding</strong>. It shows that unless independent admissible redescriptions converge on the same referent, reference collapses into ambiguity or indeterminacy, regardless of internal coherence or empirical fit. Non-confluent systems are shown, by exhaustion, to permit drift, equivocation, or post-hoc stabilization, all of which violate admissibility. The result fixes confluence as a structural requirement for meaningful reference rather than a methodological preference. No algorithms, convergence procedures, or implementation guidance are given; the argument is necessity-based and eliminative.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> |
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| spellingShingle | Confluence as a Requirement for Reference Grounding Maley, Amos <div> <div> <div> <div> <div dir="auto"> <div> <div> <p>This paper establishes <strong>confluence as a necessary condition for reference grounding</strong>. It shows that unless independent admissible redescriptions converge on the same referent, reference collapses into ambiguity or indeterminacy, regardless of internal coherence or empirical fit. Non-confluent systems are shown, by exhaustion, to permit drift, equivocation, or post-hoc stabilization, all of which violate admissibility. The result fixes confluence as a structural requirement for meaningful reference rather than a methodological preference. No algorithms, convergence procedures, or implementation guidance are given; the argument is necessity-based and eliminative.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> |
| title | Confluence as a Requirement for Reference Grounding |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18519166 |