Glossary of Terms
This page contains a structured glossary of all key terms used in the Dual Reality Model. It includes concepts from programming languages, cognition, physics-inspired metaphors, computation, and the philosophy of time and observation. Use it as a reference for understanding the terminology of the model.
- Actualization
- The process by which a potential interpretation becomes an event.
- Backward Type Propagation
- A form of type inference where type constraints propagate from future expressions to earlier declarations.
- Collapse of Interpretation
- The selection of a single explanatory model from many simultaneous ones.
- Commit Event
- An irreversible operation that selects one interpretation and discards alternatives.
- Context Commit
- Finalization of a computation based on observer needs or relevance rather than absolute truth.
- Contextual Interpretation
- Meaning or classification of a state emerges only within a complete context, not at the moment of initial perception.
- Contextual Truth
- Truth defined as the selected interpretation that is relevant within a given context.
- Deferred Typing
- Typing that remains unresolved during execution and collapses only at observation or commitment.
- Dual Reality
- A model of reality composed of two ontologically distinct yet synchronized domains: continuous (analog) and discrete (digital), neither reducible to the other.
- Dual-Interpretation Computing
- A computational and philosophical framework where multiple incompatible interpretations coexist and are resolved only through observation, giving rise to time, type, and fact.
- Emergent Reality
- Facts, types, and time arise only through interaction and observation, not as predefined entities.
- Emergent Time
- Time appears as a consequence of events and observational acts, not as a fundamental dimension.
- Event Horizon (Computational)
- The boundary beyond which alternative states are no longer accessible after observation.
- Event Time
- Time that begins at the moment of observation, measured from the first committed event.
- Event-Based Ontology
- Events are primary, and entities, states, and time are secondary constructs derived from events.
- Hindsight Bias
- The tendency of cognition to reinterpret past uncertainty as having been predictable once an outcome is known.
- Interaction Boundary
- The interface where ontologically different systems exchange information.
- Interpretation Space
- The set of all valid coexisting interpretations prior to observation.
- Measurement Collapse
- The elimination of all but one possible interpretation following observation.
- Multiversion State
- A state that exists in several incompatible versions simultaneously.
- Non-Deterministic Semantics
- Semantics in which meaning is not fixed until observation.
- Observation
- An active operation that commits a system to one interpretation and generates an event.
- Observation Endpoint
- A conceptual endpoint that commits one interpretation and timestamps the event.
- Observer
- An entity or process that performs selection, collapsing multiple possibilities into a single actualized state.
- Observer as Commit
- A metaphor describing observation as a transactional commit operation in computation.
- Ontological Dualism
- Reality consists of two fundamentally different modes of existence that cannot be derived from a single substrate.
- Parallel Interpretation
- Multiple semantic interpretations of the same computation evolve concurrently.
- Particle Domain
- The discrete, quantized aspect of reality characterized by countable states and steps.
- Post-Observational Semantics
- A semantic framework where the meaning of a program is defined only after an observation event.
- Postdictive Perception
- A cognitive phenomenon where perception of an event is formed after subsequent information becomes available.
- Proper Time (System-Internal Time)
- The internal parameter of evolution of a system that exists without implying events or history.
- Quantum-Like Superposition (Metaphorical)
- A non-physical but structurally similar coexistence of multiple valid states prior to observation.
- Reality as an API
- A conceptual model where reality exposes multiple endpoints representing different interpretations.
- Relational Time
- Time defined as an ordering relation between events rather than as an independent dimension or background flow.
- Retrospective Typing
- A semantic model in which a variable’s type is determined after execution but treated as if it had always been known.
- Speculative Execution
- Simultaneous execution of multiple computational paths before a definitive choice is made.
- Superposed State
- A computational state representing multiple valid interpretations at once.
- Superposed State Memory
- A memory model that allows conflicting representations to coexist until observation commits one.
- Synchronization Point
- The moment when independent systems align and interact, enabling shared events.
- Temporal Reinterpretation
- The process by which past states are re-described or re-understood based on future outcomes or observations.
- Type Inference
- Automatic deduction of data types based on usage rather than explicit declaration.
- Wave Domain
- The continuous, analog aspect of reality characterized by smooth, uninterrupted change.