Papers

Formal papers from the Infotropy research program. All preprints are free and CC BY 4.0.

Infotropy: A Research Program Charter

Preprint

Foundation statement declaring the scope, claims, boundaries, and governance of the Infotropy research program. Introduces six named diagnostic tools organized under a four-layer claim stack separating established mathematics from interpretive synthesis.

File-Based Orchestration for AI-Assisted Knowledge Production

Preprint

Methods paper describing a file-based orchestration architecture for context-window-spanning AI-assisted production. Reports descriptive metrics from a 12-month deployment across 233 production runs producing a 57,969-word manuscript.

The Ontology of Honesty: Real Wakes, Painted Wakes, and Honest Boundaries

Preprint

Philosophy essay proposing a cross-domain descriptive vocabulary for distinguishing genuine structural traces from constructed appearances. Defines three terms — real wakes, painted wakes, and honest boundaries — as tools for structural honesty.