Versioned, referencable, empirically or logically decidable hypotheses
as a bridge between the epistemic core and the structured knowledge matrix.
This repository contains exclusively declarative, testable hypotheses derived from or anchored in the epistemic core (research-program).
It serves as:
- an explicit, versionable collection of directed claims
- a reference point for the matrix (
matrix) and the instantiations (predictions) - a visible expression of the falsifiability principle (Popper-conform)
Important:
There are no operationalized models, no code, no forecasts, no empirical data, and no fitting results here.
→ see predictions for traceable projections and evaluations
Current layer ordering:
- Legacy ← dismissed / unresolved / pre-formal
- research-program ← epistemic core, hard core, meta-rules
- hypotheses ← testable, falsifiable claims (this repository)
- matrix ← structured, admissible knowledge representation
- predictions ← traceable projections, consequence maps, evaluations
Flow: Kernel → Hypotheses → Matrix → Instantiations
Feedback: spiral model with explicit lifecycle & admissibility rules
→ Full documentation: ARCHITECTURE.md (or in the profile README)
- Each hypothesis receives a stable ID:
H001,H002, … - Each hypothesis must contain explicit falsification conditions (empirically or logically decidable)
- Versioning:
- Major (e.g. H017 → H018): change of the logical statement / semantic core
- Minor (e.g. H017-v1 → H017-v2): addition / refinement of falsification conditions or operationalization
- Patch (e.g. H017-v1.0 → H017-v1.1): linguistic clarification, typo fixes, format adjustments
- Falsified hypotheses are not deleted, but set to status
falsified - Hypotheses must not contain implicit ontological assumptions not explicitly permitted in the core
- All hypotheses must be admissible (no illegitimate transfers, no categorical errors)
→ Detailed lifecycle rules: HYPOTHESES-LIFECYCLE.md
hypotheses/
├── README.md
├── index.md ← central overview / list of all hypotheses
├── H001/
│ ├── statement.md
│ ├── falsification.md
│ ├── evidence-trace.md
│ └── references.yaml
├── H002/
└── schema/ ← optional JSON/YAML schema for hypothesis format
- Clone / reference a hypothesis:
H127 - Read the falsification condition → is it in principle decidable?
- Check against admissibility rules (MMS)
- In case of ambiguity / contradiction: open an issue or propose a spiral iteration
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Non-commercial. Commercial use or derivatives require a separate agreement.
- research-program – epistemic core
- mms – normative evaluation engine
- matrix – structured knowledge representation
- predictions – traceable projections & evaluations
- legacy – dismissed / unresolved candidates
This repository is not a truth generator, but an epistemic integrity filter.
Hypotheses translate admissible structure from the research-program into directed, falsifiable claims.
They do not represent knowledge yet. They represent epistemically constrained possibility.
Outcomes may include:
- transition into Matrix structure,
- refinement,
- falsification,
- STOP and regression to Legacy.
A hypothesis may:
- emerge from admissible structure,
- stabilize through Matrix integration,
- generate projections in Predictions,
- be falsified,
- or trigger STOP when admissibility collapses.
Lifecycle states are preserved rather than erased.
- Research Program → defines admissible forms of claims
- Hypotheses → express directed, falsifiable statements
- Matrix → records structural stabilization of hypotheses
- Predictions → operationalize consequences and tests
- Legacy → preserves unresolved or inadmissible claims
Falsification concerns empirical or logical failure of a claim.
STOP concerns admissibility failure: the hypothesis cannot be meaningfully evaluated under the current epistemic constraints.
Both states are preserved.
This repository marks the transition from epistemic rules to scientific claims. Its effects become visible in Matrix structure and Predictions evaluation.