Projective Logic and the Criterion of Truth

Updated: 23 April 2026
Ivan Borisovich Kurpishev β€” me@kurpishev.ru β€” Use only with attribution and link to www.wpc-wpo.narod.ru

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Projective Logic and the Criterion of Truth

Abstract

This article concentrates the truth-criterion branch of the project: projective truth, harmonic closure, and the passage from local inference to doctrinal evaluation.

General Context of NAPRLGK / NAPG 2.0

In NAPG 2.0 truth is read as the harmonic coherence of a configuration. The limit Ξ» = -1 fixes universal truth, while deviation from it measures the defect of truth.

Quadratic obstruction and projective truth

The quadratic obstruction is the class π’ͺB arising from the quadratic part of the deformation equation. It measures the impossibility of extending an admissible infinitesimal deformation without violating package constraints.

If π’ͺB = {0}, the geometry remains in a linear or Hilbertian regime. Nontriviality of π’ͺB signals the passage to a projective or stratified nonlinear organization.

If the obstruction space has dimension 2 over ℝ, it admits the model ℝℙ2; if it has dimension 3 over 𝔽2, one gets the Fano plane. In both models the improper line is naturally associated with hyparxis, and the criterion of structural truth takes the form $$\crossratio{A}{B}{C}{D}=-1.$$

Let $$\lambda = \crossratio{A}{B}{C}{D}.$$ Then λ =β€„βˆ’1 is universal truth, while the deviation from it defines the truth defect: Ξ΄truth = |Ξ»β€…+β€…1|.

Appendix to Chapter 8: The field of Ξ»-truths and the limits of falsifiability

From the truth of propositions to the truth of regimes

The projective criterion of truth should not be read only as a local test for isolated inferences. It naturally lifts to doctrines, perceptual regimes, and historical epistemes.

Popperian falsifiability in a new notation

Falsifiability is not abolished here, but rewritten: instead of a binary opposition β€œtheory is correct / theory is falsified” we obtain a field of values Ξ», where λ =β€„βˆ’1 denotes universal truth, while the deviation from it is measured by the defect Ξ΄truth = |Ξ»β€…+β€…1|.

Theories therefore differ not only by whether they are refuted, but also by their degree of harmonic proximity to the universal limit of truth.

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