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Grounding

The literature behind the canon. None of this is original to ƒxyz; the synthesis is.

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01 · graph

The graph

K_N is the absolute. E8 is its geometric substrate. Petrie projection is the canonical render.

  1. 001
    Coxeter, H. S. M.·1973
    Regular Polytopes
    Dover, 3rd ed.
    Petrie projection, Coxeter number h=30; foundational reference for the E8 → H4 × φH4 fold
  2. 002
    Koca, M.; Al-Ajmi, M.; Koca, N. O.·2012
    Group-theoretical analysis of 600-cell and 120-cell 4D polytopes with quaternions
    arXiv:1204.4567
    Canonical 600-cell stereographic Schlegel projection used by the Mandala dual-shell rendering
  3. 003
    Conway, J. H.; Sloane, N. J. A.·1999
    Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups
    Springer-Verlag, 3rd ed.
    E8 root system, 240 roots in ℝ⁸
02 · chain

Realm / domain / territory

Three-deep ontic containment. Bourdieu nested fields, Smith-Varzi fiat boundary, Padgett-Ansell multiplex sociology — predates physics-style multilayer-network theory by 21 years.

  1. 004
    Bourdieu, P.; Wacquant, L.·1992
    An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology
    University of Chicago Press
    Nested fields: field of power ⊃ field ⊃ sub-field
  2. 005
    Bourdieu, P.·1986
    The Forms of Capital
    in Richardson (ed.), Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education
  3. 006
    Sack, R. D.·1986
    Human Territoriality: Its Theory and History
    Cambridge University Press
  4. 007
    Smith, B.; Varzi, A. C.·1997
    Fiat and Bona Fide Boundaries
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 60(2)
  5. 008
    Padgett, J. F.; Ansell, C. K.·1993
    Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400–1434
    American Journal of Sociology 98(6)
    Multiplex with 9 tie types over 92 families — 21 years before Kivelä
  6. 009
    Mitchell, J. C. (ed.)·1969
    Social Networks in Urban Situations
    Manchester University Press
    Manchester School multi-stranded ties
  7. 010
    Floridi, L.·2008
    The Method of Levels of Abstraction
    Minds and Machines 18(3)
    Method-relative LoA — anchor for canon §0 apophatic frame
  8. 011
    List, C.·2019
    Levels: Descriptive, Explanatory, and Ontological
    Noûs 53(4)
    Mixed-register chain defense
03 · axes

Layer / dimension / perspective + aspect

Three orthogonal axes inside any territory, plus aspect as the meta-axis. Kivelä parallel axis-of-variation; Wittgenstein seeing-as; Tinbergen four questions; Wimsatt perspective.

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    Kivelä, M.; Arenas, A.; Barthélemy, M.; Gleeson, J.; Moreno, Y.; Porter, M.·2014
    Multilayer Networks
    Journal of Complex Networks 2(3)
    Aspect = parallel axis-of-variation indexing elementary layers
  2. 013
    Tinbergen, N.·1963
    On Aims and Methods of Ethology
    Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 20
    Four independent explanatory questions = aspect-as-meta
  3. 014
    Wittgenstein, L.·1953
    Philosophical Investigations II.xi
    Aspect-seeing (seeing-as)
  4. 015
    Wimsatt, W. C.·1994
    The Ontology of Complex Systems: Levels of Organization, Perspectives, and Causal Thickets
    Canadian Journal of Philosophy Suppl. Vol. 20
    Perspective when part-whole becomes too intricate for clean levels
  5. 016
    Mac Lane, S.; Moerdijk, I.·1992
    Sheaves in Geometry and Logic
    Springer-Verlag
    Sheaf section formalism for perspective
  6. 017
    Dennett, D. C.·1987
    The Intentional Stance
    MIT Press
  7. 018
    Lefebvre, H.·1974
    La production de l'espace
    (Eng. The Production of Space, 1991)
    Perceived/conceived/lived (vécu) — non-hierarchical triad
  8. 019
    Buckingham, E.·1914
    On Physically Similar Systems; Illustrations of the Use of Dimensional Equations
    Physical Review 4(4)
  9. 020
    Slater, P. J.·1975
    Leaves of trees
    Proc. 6th Southeastern Conf. on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing
    Metric dimension
  10. 021
    Aristotle·ca. 350 BCE
    Categories
    Parallel highest-kinds — categorial test for the chain
04 · antiStratal

What we do not claim

ƒxyz canon is mixed-register (Christian List 2019). It engages with anti-stratal positions — DeLanda, Latour, Kim — rather than dismissing them.

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    DeLanda, M.·2006
    A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity
    Continuum
    Flat ontology
  2. 023
    Latour, B.·2005
    Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
    Oxford University Press
    How to keep the social flat
  3. 024
    Kim, J.·1998
    Mind in a Physical World
    MIT Press
    Non-reductive physicalism collapse argument
  4. 025
    Merleau-Ponty, M.·1964
    Le visible et l'invisible
    Trans-stratal flesh — medium, not level
  5. 026
    Harman, G.·2011
    The Quadruple Object
    Zero Books
    OOO — co-equal poles, no fundamental
05 · synthesis

Eight-domain synthesis

The 2026-04-28 deep-grounding pass: ~270 KB across 8 reports, ~125 primary citations. Synthesis lives in canon.

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    ƒxyz canon·2026-04-28
    Layer + Aspect Deep Grounding — 8-Domain Synthesis
    thoughts/grounding-rewrite-2026-04-27/SYNTHESIS-DEEP-2026-04-28.md
    ~270 KB across 8 reports, ~125 primary citations
  2. 028
    ƒxyz canon·2026-04-28
    Multiplex Ontology — Canonical Reference v3.1
    docs/canon/multiplex-ontology.md
    3+3 tree: realm⊃domain⊃territory + axes (layer/dimension/perspective) + aspect meta
  3. 029
    ƒxyz canon·2026-04-28
    Multiplex Terminology v3.0
    .claude/rules/multiplex-terminology.md
    Locked vocabulary; aspect-as-Kivelä-axis vs AOP-aspect vs Comrie-aspect resolved

Mixed-register chain per Christian List 2019: realm / domain / territory are ontic; layer / dimension are analytical; perspective is hermeneutic; aspect is formal-categorial.