The Cone of Sense: A Formal Phenomenological Model
The light cone in physics defines what can be causally reached. The cone of sense defines what can be phenomenologically disclosed. It is the boundary between what JA can grasp and what remains hidden. This cone is not psychological. It is structural: a geometry of relational accessibility.
1. The Axes of the Cone
The cone of sense is defined by four axes:
- Energy (E) — the temporal axis of disclosure.
- Direction (K) — the orientation of becoming.
- Value (W) — the evaluative axis of meaningfulness.
- Dynamism (D) — the momentum of relational movement.
These axes form a four‑dimensional phenomenological space.
2. The Boundary Condition
The boundary of the cone is defined by the phenomenological interval:
Inside the cone:
Outside the cone:
This is the formal condition for disclosive accessibility.
3. Interior of the Cone: The Realm of Disclosure
Inside the cone lies everything I/ME-locus can: understand, interpret, act upon, integrate into its becoming. This is the phenomenological “present”.
4. Exterior of the Cone: The Realm of Non‑Disclosure
Outside the cone lies what is: inaccessible, non‑meaningful, non‑actionable, non‑disclosable. This is not non‑existent. It is simply not revealed.
5. The Cone and Crack
When the crack occurs: energy collapses, direction becomes undefined, value becomes flat, dynamism disappears. The cone shrinks. Disclosure becomes minimal. This is the phenomenological analogue of causal isolation.
6. Expansion of the Cone
The cone expands when: energy rises, direction clarifies, value intensifies, dynamism increases. This is the phenomenological analogue of gaining causal reach.
7. The Cone as Ethical Structure
Because value is one of the axes, the cone of sense is inherently ethical. Ethics is not a set of rules. It is the structure of what can be disclosed as meaningful.
8. A Formal Ontology of Disclosure
The cone of sense is the mathematical core of relational phenomenology. It defines: the limits of disclosure, the structure of accessibility, the geometry of becoming. It is the phenomenological counterpart of the light cone.
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