Active Finite Distinction Systems: A Formal Core for Boundary Maintenance under Finite Capacity

Paper also available at https://philarchive.org/rec/WUAFDP Official website: distinctiontheory.orgPublic portal for the start guide, papers, claim status, failure registry, prior-art boundary, and citation resources. Canonical GitHub repository:https://github.com/yiningwu-research/Distinction-Theory Formal Core Edition v1.0. This manuscript defines Active Finite Distinction Systems (FDS) as finite-capacity systems that maintain operational boundaries through state-dependent updates under representational, energetic, and temporal constraints. It extracts the formal FDS core from the broader Distinction Theory claim-space archive and presents it as a restricted mathematical framework rather than as an…