I. The Central Question Traditional aesthetics asks: "What is beautiful?" Deferential Realism asks: "What does constraint-alignment look like, sound like, feel like?" This isn't relativism ("beauty is whatever you want"). It's claiming that alignment with constraint-structure has distinctive aesthetic properties that can be recognized, cultivated, and appreciated. The hypothesis: Reality-aligned systems, arguments, narratives, and lives … Continue reading Deferential Realism: Aesthetics of Alignment