Context-independent constraint
One-liner: A constraint that alters overall (marginal) probabilities without making components fully interdependent.
In Juarrero’s usage
Also called context-free in DiA. Examples: letter frequencies; many physical gradients; containers; climate-like background biases. They produce cardinality/clumping but not by themselves the rich qualitative novelty of complex organization.
Not to confuse with
- “Irrelevant to context” in the everyday sense
- Context-dependent coupling (different category)
Everyday example
A loaded die biases outcomes without making one roll’s result depend on another die’s state.
Related
Best local sources
- REPORT §3.1 · CCE ch. 4 · claim C007