A preservation question requires a subject, transformation, criterion, tolerance and scope. Preservation between two states and across an entire path can be investigated separately.
The series’ opening question distinguishes appearing the same from preserving the required distinction.
Autorite
An open-ended research program on representation, history, preservation and reachability.
ActiveAutorite: question before architecture
When does an architecture become an explanation? Autorite’s approach to questions, scope and testable claims.
PublishedWhat does a system preserve as it changes?
Autorite series · 1/4 · Question. Distinguishing the same state, the same history and the same system.
PublishedAutorite: question, philosophy, method, application
A four-chapter reading series, from a changing system to an investigation that tests the question.
PublishedThis connects to
System continuity is investigated by stating a preservation criterion.
A representation can be assessed by whether it preserves chosen distinctions.