II Semiotics Before Space: 7 Preparing the Ground for the Evolution of Possibility

Series II has shown that the universe is intelligible because it is in semiosis, not the other way around. Spacetime, matter, and physical law are phenomena of construal, actualised through relational cuts guided by patterns of constraint. The cosmos is a field of relational potentials, structured and made intelligible through meaning itself.

From Semiotics to Possibility

With this conceptual foundation, we can now ask: how do potentials differentiate into structured forms? How do networks of relational potential give rise to the stable instances, patterns, and individuals we recognise in the world?

• First-order meaning actualises potentials.

• Metaphenomena constrain what can be actualised.

• The interplay of potentials and constraints produces patterns, structure, and intelligibility.

Preparing for Series III

Series III, The Evolution of Possibility, will formalise these insights into a systematic metaphysics:

• Potentials as structured relational systems.

• Actualisation as perspectival shift, not temporal process.

• Category theory as a tool to model constraints, transformations, and the evolution of relational potentials.

• Individuation as a cline within collective potential, rather than an atomistic property.

In short, we are now ready to move from the ontological primacy of meaning to the logic of possibility itself. Series III will explore how relational potentials evolve, differentiate, and stabilise into the structures that make the universe intelligible—and ultimately, how the universe itself can be understood as an evolving field of possibility.