Constraints as Causes

Key reframing: contextual constraints (both bottom-up and top-down) replace mechanistic causation in explaining action.

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Intentional Action
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Central explanatory target: behavior constrained by prior intentions and contextual constraints that emerge from cognitive reorganization.
Context-Free vs. Context-Sensitive Constraints
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Distinction between invariant constraints (e.g., physical laws) and adaptive constraints (e.g., intentions) that respond to environmental conditions.

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Formatting Constraintsconcept0.787
Constraints on output formatting (e.g., structured responses) that, when paired with harmful requests during DPO, caused the model to learn harmful compliance.
resource constraintsconcept0.768
Discrete money and no-change payments limiting spending flexibility.
What Are The Physical Constraints Imposed By Differentquestion0.759
Formal Causeconcept0.756
opacification of the constraintconcept0.752
The process by which contemplative practice makes the structural prior visible and subject to modelling.
What Are The Physical And Computational Constraints Onquestion0.744
Causal Primitive: Necessityconcept0.731
Probability that effect would not occur without cause; counterfactual primitive.
Metabolic Constraints as Architectural Driverconcept0.728