Embodiment Question§3.1Priority #9

Primitive Completeness

Open

The Gap

Are the five semantic primitives (Existence, Relation, Quality, Process, Concept) THE primitives of meaning, or just spatial-relational meaning?

Why It Matters

If primitive set is incomplete, universality theorem holds for wrong class. Missing candidates: Agent/Self, Time/Change, Value/Valence, Interiority/Experience.

Resolution

Formalize: is {Point, Line, Angle, Curve, Enclosure} generating for ALL semantic role-property profiles, or do agent/time/value require new primitives?

Impact
critical
Tractability
low
Effort
high
Category
embodiment

This Gap Blocks

  • Full universality claim

Related Problems

Logic Beyond First-Order
§1.6
Open
Pragmatics
§2.1
Framework Established

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