These aren’t polished essays or tidy aphorisms. They’re scraps I’ve carried around this month—half-heard thoughts, borrowed lines, sudden recognitions—that refused to be forgotten. Zuihitsu literally means “following the brush,” and while my version is shorter and scrappier than the classical form, the impulse feels the same: to catch what drifts across the mind before it … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2025-12
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Deferential Realism: The Metaphysics of Constraint-Space
I. The Fundamental Inversion Traditional metaphysics asks: "What exists?" Then derives constraints from the nature of existing things. Deferential Realism inverts this: "What constrains?" Then understands entities as positions within constraint-space. This isn't mere methodological preference—it's a claim about ontological priority. Constraints are more fundamental than the entities they constrain. A rock isn't a substance … Continue reading Deferential Realism: The Metaphysics of Constraint-Space
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