Working paper / programmatic paper (reframed)
Record-Based Ontology (RBO) as a BCT-Derived Individuation Framework
Individuation, Continuity, and Definiteness Without Primitive Overcounting.
Overview
A revised foundational note that treats RBO as a BCT-derived framework for individuation and anti-overcounting, not as a completed autonomous physical ontology. It distinguishes physical difference, trace/correlation, record, fact-for-A, and truth/accuracy, and clarifies RBO's dependence on BCT.
The reframed version makes explicit that RBO is not a standalone physical dynamics and not a replacement for BCT. Its strongest role is the anti-overcounting constraint: do not count facts, selves, outcomes, or observer-worlds more finely than the record-constituted differences that make them difference-making for finite systems.
Role in the RBO/BCT project
This item belongs to the Core Ontology section of the RBO website. It should be read according to its status label: Working paper / programmatic paper (reframed).
BCT remains the more physics-facing framework. RBO is presented here as a BCT-derived philosophical framework that clarifies the individuation side of the project: records do not create reality, and they are not identical with facts; they are structures through which differences become definite and update-constraining for finite systems.