Concept glossary index
Open a page when a path module uses a term you can’t restate. Don’t read all pages first.
P0 — required for the path
| Concept | File | First module |
|---|---|---|
| Efficient cause | efficient-cause.md | M01 |
| Intentional action | intentional-action.md | M01 |
| Phase space | phase-space.md | M02 |
| Attractor | attractor.md | M02 |
| Far-from-equilibrium | far-from-equilibrium.md | M02 |
| Self-organization | self-organization.md | M02 |
| Constraint | constraint.md | M03 |
| Enabling constraint | enabling-constraint.md | M03 |
| Restricting constraint | restricting-constraint.md | M03 |
| Context-independent constraint | context-independent-constraint.md | M03 |
| Context-dependent constraint | context-dependent-constraint.md | M03 |
| Constitutive constraint | constitutive-constraint.md | M03 |
| Governing constraint | governing-constraint.md | M03 |
| Context | context.md | M04 |
| Coherence | coherence.md | M05 |
| Identity | identity.md | M05 |
| Constraint regime | constraint-regime.md | M05 |
| Closure of constraints | closure-of-constraints.md | M05 |
P1 — structure & applications
| Concept | File | First module |
|---|---|---|
| Entrenchment | entrenchment.md | M04 |
| Constraintome | constraintome.md | M06 |
| Heterarchy | heterarchy.md | M06 |
| Membrane | membrane.md | M06 |
| Tensegrity | tensegrity.md | M06 |
| Degeneracy | degeneracy.md | M06 |
| Safe-fail | safe-fail.md | M07 |
P2 — one-liners (advanced / optional)
| Term | Gloss |
|---|---|
| Infodynamics | [talk] Dynamics of information under constraint in biosocial systems |
| Analog control | Continuous distributed regulation vs pure discrete messaging |
| 4E cognition | Embodied, embedded, enacted, extended mind |
| Nothing-but-ism | [talk] Pejorative for reductive “X is nothing but micro-pushes” |
| Cardinality vs ordinality | Quantity vs indexical order from temporal constraints |
| Scaffold | Temporary structure enabling organization |
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# Term
**One-liner:**
## In Juarrero’s usage
## Not to confuse with
## Everyday example
## Related
## Best local sources
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