diff --git a/Formal_Proof_of_EMR.md b/Formal_Proof_of_EMR.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4104141 --- /dev/null +++ b/Formal_Proof_of_EMR.md @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +# Formal Proof of Extended Modal Realism (EMR) by Necessity + +--- + +## Definitions + +- Let **U** be the universe, the totality of all empirical facts. +- Let **M(U)** be a formal model of the universe: a set of propositions or axioms that, in principle, accounts for all truths about **U**. +- Let **PSR** be the Principle of Sufficient Reason: *Every fact or truth has a sufficient explanation.* +- Let **EMR** be **Extended Modal Realism**: *All logically possible worlds exist — the actual world is just one among them.* + +--- + +## Step 1: The Universe as a Formal System of Itself + +**P1.1** Any theory that purports to explain all truths about the universe must include a model **M(U)** that expresses those truths formally. +**P1.2** If **M(U)** is sufficiently expressive (e.g., includes arithmetic), consistent, and recursively enumerable, then Gödel’s First Incompleteness Theorem applies. +**C1** Therefore, **M(U)** is incomplete: there exist true statements about **U** that are unprovable within **M(U)**. + +--- + +## Step 2: Rejection of Strong Empiricism + +**P2.1** Strong empiricism asserts that all truths are derivable from empirical observation (i.e., from within **M(U)**). +**P2.2** But from **C1**, some truths about **U** are not derivable from within any empirical model. +**C2** Therefore, strong empiricism is false. + +--- + +## Step 3: Refutation of Brutalism + +**P3.1** A brutalist response to **C1** is to treat Gödelian truths as brute — true but without explanation. +**P3.2** Suppose we add such a brute proposition to **M(U)** to form **M′(U)**. +**P3.3** By Gödel, **M′(U)** is also incomplete — a new unprovable truth **G(M′)** emerges. +**P3.4** This process iterates infinitely. There is no final complete model reachable by brute supplementation. +**C3** Brutalism fails to halt explanatory incompleteness and degenerates into an infinite series of ungrounded assumptions. + +--- + +## Step 4: PSR is the Only Stable Principle of Explanation + +**P4.1** PSR demands that *all* truths, including foundational ones, have sufficient reason. +**P4.2** Empiricism fails to explain all truths (**C2**); brutalism fails to explain any truths coherently (**C3**). +**C4** Therefore, PSR is the only principle that preserves rational explanation in metaphysics. + +--- + +## Step 5: Axiom-Based Theories Violate PSR + +**P5.1** All finite metaphysical systems (e.g., theism, materialism, idealism, structural realism) begin with a finite set of axioms. +**P5.2** Axioms are, by definition, unexplained assumptions within a system. +**P5.3** By **P4.1**, PSR rejects any unexplained assumptions. +**C5** Therefore, all axiom-based theories of reality violate PSR and are necessarily false if PSR is true. + +--- + +## Step 6: Only EMR Contains No Axioms + +**P6.1** Extended Modal Realism (EMR) asserts that all logically possible worlds exist. +**P6.2** EMR assumes no privileged world, no arbitrary structure, no selected laws — **every possibility is realized**. +**P6.3** Therefore, EMR posits no unexplained exclusions or brute facts — it has no axioms. +**C6** EMR satisfies the PSR fully. + +--- + +## Step 7: EMR is the Only Metaphysical Theory Consistent with PSR + +**P7.1** From **C4**, PSR is the only stable principle of explanation. +**P7.2** From **C5**, all axiom-based theories violate PSR. +**P7.3** From **C6**, EMR is the only theory that satisfies PSR. +**C7** Therefore, **EMR is the only metaphysical theory that satisfies the PSR**. + +--- + +## Final Conclusion + +> **If the Principle of Sufficient Reason is true, then Extended Modal Realism is necessarily true.** +> **All other theories of reality are either incomplete, arbitrary, or incoherent.** + +∎