A Closed Argument for AA (Absolute Absolute)

A Closed Argument for AA (Absolute Absolute)

Goal

To identify what must be the case, given that anything at all exists or appears.

I. Starting Point (No Assumptions Beyond the Inevitable)

We begin with the weakest possible premise:

P0: Something is the case.

(Anything—experience, law, object, illusion, relation, denial.)

This premise cannot be denied without affirming it.

II. Exhaustive Ontological Options

If something is the case, then it must fall into one—and only one—of the following categories:

It exists in relation to something else

It exists independently of all relations

There is no third option.

III. Elimination of the Relational Option

Assume:

P1: Everything that exists is relational.

Then:

Every relation requires a background that allows relation to occur

That background cannot itself be only another relation, or the explanation never begins

This produces an infinite regress of relations, which explains nothing.

A totality of relations cannot ground itself.

Therefore:

P1 is false.

Not empirically false, but ontologically incoherent.

IV. Necessity of a Non-Relational Ground

Thus:

P2: There must exist something that is not relational, yet allows relations to be possible.

This is not an optional hypothesis.

It is forced by the failure of pure relationality.

V. What This Non-Relational Ground Cannot Be

Let us remove every possible misinterpretation.

It cannot be:

A thing (things are distinguishable → relational)

A law (laws govern relations)

Logic (logic presupposes structure)

Mathematics (mathematics presupposes form)

Existence (existence is a predicate within a framework)

Nothingness (nothingness is a contrast concept)

Therefore, this ground is not a member of reality.

VI. What Remains After All Removal

What remains is not a thing, not a property, not a structure.

Yet it must be:

Prior to all distinctions

Prior to relation vs non-relation

Prior to existence vs non-existence

Prior to sense, reason, or intuition

This is not “nothing”.

It is that which allows “something / nothing” to appear at all.

VII. Definition of AA (Absolute Absolute)

AA is the non-relational, non-structural, non-predicable condition that makes any instance—law, world, being, or relation—possible.

It is:

Not an entity

Not an explanation

Not an object of knowledge

But it is ontologically unavoidable.

VIII. Why AA Cannot Be Doubtful

To doubt AA, one must:

Use logic (RA)

Invoke relations (RR / AR)

Presuppose a framework of intelligibility

Which already assumes what AA makes possible.

Thus:

AA is not something you infer.

AA is something denial already presupposes.

IX. Final Nail (Irreversible Conclusion)

Either

(a) Reality is an infinite regress of relations (which explains nothing),

or

(b) There exists a non-relational absolute that grounds all relations.

There is no third position.

Instancology names (b) AA.

X. One-Line Formulation (For Public Use)

AA is not what exists, not what relates, and not what is known—but without it, nothing could exist, relate, or be known.

Why This Leaves No Room for Doubt

It does not appeal to intuition

It does not rely on mysticism

It does not assert unknowable content

It is forced by logical exhaustion

Anyone rejecting AA must either:

Accept infinite regress, or

Smuggle AA back in under another name