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Causal Encyclopedia

Oct 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge

Abstract

Causal Encyclopedia — Cumulative PASS295 A Canonical Knowledge Infrastructure for LLM-Assisted Reasoning The Causal Encyclopedia is a cumulative, machine-oriented knowledge infrastructure designed primarily to support large language models, reasoning systems, and human–AI research workflows. Rather than functioning as a conventional human-readable encyclopedia or a simple archive of documents, it consolidates a large heterogeneous corpus into a canonical network of typed objects, relations, symbols, provenance records, authority boundaries, certification states, open problems, and cross-domain correspondences. Its central purpose is to give an LLM a stable reference structure from which it can distinguish what is already known inside the corpus, what remains hypothetical or open, which source owns a claim, which concepts are equivalent or merely related, and what level of evidence or certification supports each object. PASS277 contains: 5,938 canonical entries 5,622 canonical objects 23,923 typed relations 1,801 registered symbols 269 canonical sources The encyclopedia spans mathematics, formal proof systems, computation, physics, causal modeling, artificial-intelligence alignment, scientific problem solving, narrative archaeology, and other domains developed throughout the Causal Theory corpus. A major design objective is semantic deduplication. New material is not simply appended. Each source is compared against the existing corpus so that previously established mechanisms retain canonical ownership while genuinely new structures receive new canonical identities. This produces a progressively unified knowledge graph rather than an accumulation of disconnected texts. The encyclopedia also maintains strict separations between different epistemic states. In particular, it distinguishes formal proof from structural closure, software validation from scientific validation, empirical observation from interpretation, source claims from independently certified results, and OPEN or UNKNOWN states from falsehood. Representative distinctions preserved by the system include: geometry ≠ proof internal coherence ≠ empirical truth software integrity ≠ scientific validation structural closure ≠ state selection ≠ formal proof closure theorem identity ≠ contextual address ≠ metric representation narrative structural analogy ≠ mathematical theorem This architecture makes the encyclopedia particularly suitable as a persistent semantic substrate for LLMs. A model can use it to recover prior work, resolve terminology, trace provenance, avoid rediscovering existing objects, locate unresolved deficits, follow cross-references between specialized systems, and continue research from the current canonical frontier. The corpus includes formal and computational infrastructures such as the Causal Solver, Proof Engine, Causal Cartesian Plane, Geometric Proof Engine, Periodic Cartesian Theorem Table, Causal Program, Causal Solution architecture, and ZFC Proof Synthesizer, while preserving explicit authority boundaries between them. The encyclopedia is therefore best understood not as a claim that every proposition contained in the corpus has been externally established, but as a canonical map of exactly what the corpus currently asserts, derives, certifies, tests, leaves conditional, or leaves open. Its intended use is as a long-term memory and coordination layer for advanced AI-assisted research: a structured interface between documents, formal systems, experiments, software artifacts, conceptual models, and future reasoning passes. PASS295 represents the cumulative state of this canonicalization process as of 23 September 2026. Encyclopédie causale — PASS294 cumulatif Infrastructure canonique de connaissances pour le raisonnement assisté par LLM L’Encyclopédie causale est une infrastructure cumulative de connaissances orientée principalement vers les grands modèles de langage, les systèmes de raisonnement et les workflows de recherche humain–IA. Elle n’est pas conçue d’abord comme une encyclopédie traditionnelle destinée à la lecture humaine ni comme un simple dépôt de documents. Elle transforme un corpus hétérogène en un réseau canonique d’objets typés, de relations, de symboles, de provenances, de domaines d’autorité, d’états de certification, de problèmes ouverts et de correspondances entre domaines. Son objectif principal est de fournir à un LLM une structure de référence stable lui permettant de déterminer ce qui existe déjà dans le corpus, ce qui demeure hypothétique ou ouvert, quelle source possède une proposition, quels concepts sont équivalents ou seulement reliés, et quel niveau de preuve ou de certification soutient chaque objet. PASS277 contient : 5 938 entrées canoniques 5 622 objets canoniques 23 923 relations typées 1 801 symboles enregistrés 269 sources canoniques L’encyclopédie couvre notamment les mathématiques, les systèmes de preuve formelle, l’informatique, la physique, la modélisation causale, l’alignement de l’intelligence artificielle, la résolution scientifique de problèmes et l’archéologie narrative développées dans le corpus de la Théorie causale. Un de ses principes fondamentaux est la déduplication sémantique. Une nouvelle source n’est pas simplement ajoutée au corpus. Elle est comparée à l’ensemble des objets déjà canoniques afin que les mécanismes existants conservent leur propriété conceptuelle et que seules les structures véritablement nouvelles reçoivent une nouvelle identité canonique. Le résultat est donc progressivement un graphe de connaissances unifié, plutôt qu’une accumulation de documents indépendants. L’encyclopédie maintient également des séparations épistémiques strictes. Elle distingue notamment la preuve formelle de la fermeture structurelle, la validation logicielle de la validation scientifique, l’observation empirique de l’interprétation, une affirmation provenant d’une source d’un résultat certifié indépendamment, et les états OPEN ou UNKNOWN de la fausseté. Parmi les distinctions structurelles conservées : géométrie ≠ preuve cohérence interne ≠ vérité empirique intégrité logicielle ≠ validation scientifique fermeture structurelle ≠ sélection d’état ≠ fermeture de preuve formelle identité d’un théorème ≠ adresse contextuelle ≠ représentation métrique analogie structurelle narrative ≠ théorème mathématique Cette architecture rend l’encyclopédie particulièrement adaptée à son rôle de substrat sémantique persistant pour les LLM. Un modèle peut l’utiliser pour retrouver les travaux antérieurs, résoudre les ambiguïtés terminologiques, suivre la provenance des concepts, éviter de recréer des objets déjà établis, localiser les déficits encore ouverts, suivre les relations entre systèmes spécialisés et poursuivre le travail depuis la frontière canonique actuelle. Le corpus contient notamment des infrastructures formelles et computationnelles telles que le Causal Solver, le Proof Engine, le Causal Cartesian Plane, le Geometric Proof Engine, le Periodic Cartesian Theorem Table, le Causal Program, la Causal Solution et le ZFC Proof Synthesizer, tout en maintenant leurs domaines d’autorité respectifs. L’Encyclopédie causale ne signifie donc pas que toute proposition contenue dans le corpus a été validée extérieurement. Sa fonction est plus précise : elle constitue une carte canonique de ce que le corpus affirme, dérive, certifie, teste, conserve sous condition ou laisse encore ouvert. Elle est conçue comme une mémoire à long terme et une couche de coordination pour la recherche assistée par intelligence artificielle : une interface structurée entre documents, systèmes formels, expériences, logiciels, modèles conceptuels et futures passes de raisonnement. PASS295 représente l’état cumulatif de cette canonicalisation au 23 septembre 2026.

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