Chapter 29: The Inevitability Argument: Six Ontic Requirements

Six ontic requirements that any foundation of reality must satisfy are identified and motivated independently. The Inevitability Convergence Theorem (VII.T14) asserts that the intersection of all six constraints has one structural solution: Category τ. Each requirement is independently necessary (VII.P08): removing any one allows non-τ solutions. The argument is not that τ is the only possible foundation of reality, but that τ is the only structure satisfying all six requirements simultaneously. This chapter carries the conjectural scope label throughout.