Truth and Goodness as Isomorphic Navigation
PUBLISHED: 2026-01-18
Abstract: This paper defends Theorem T4: Ethical Isomorphism, arguing that epistemic truth and ethical goodness are thermodynamically identical states of functional alignment between an agent's internal models/actions and the lawful constraints of reality (the Logos). Building on Theorem T6 (Life-Agency Isomorphism), I demonstrate that for any finite agent constituted by Hormē (the striving to persist), the distinction between "is" and "ought" collapses: to be is to ought to navigate successfully. This framework dissolves Hume's guillotine not by logical deduction, but by revealing it as a synchronic artifact incompatible with the diachronic nature of living systems. The result is a rigorous naturalization of ethics that grounds moral realism in the thermodynamics of information and the biological necessity of navigation.
Status Log
2026-01-22Final polish and uploaded to preprint serversDOI=10.5281/zenodo.18343831
2026-01-18Finalized the manuscript through a rigorous polish, filling citation gaps regarding metaethics and game theory.
2026-01-17Executed the primary draft, deriving Theorem T4 from the thermodynamic foundations of T6 and integrating the thermodynamic arguments against Hume's guillotine.
2026-01-05Conceptualized the architectural skeleton of the paper, establishing the core logic for the isomorphism between truth and goodness as navigational necessities.
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