Procedure Monism Defined

By Finn, the druid

The druid Finn’s Procedure Monism asserts:

· There is no foundational substance.

· There is no underlying “thing” that reality is made of.

· There is only iterated, constrained action producing temporary stabilisations.

Entities — particles, organisms, persons, institutions, gods — are procedural equilibria:
local solutions to the problem of continuance under constraint.

Identity is not essence.
Identity is operational persistence.

This ontology differs from:

· substance monism (Spinoza)

· experiential monism (Advaita)

· informational monism (pan-computationalism)

in one decisive way:

Nothing exists except insofar as it executes.

Meaning, consciousness, and value are not causes.
They are feedback signals generated by successful or failing procedure.

Generative Procedure Monism

From competition to continuance

From quantum impact to world

The druid said: “The meaning of a message is the response it elicits

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