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Foundation

Core Concepts

The Immanent Metaphysics is built on a rigorous foundation. Here are the key concepts that form its structure:

The Three Modalities

Three fundamental ways of engaging with existence:

• Immanent — What is present, immediate, experiential. The world as encountered. Grounded in sensation, perception, the here-and-now.
• Omniscient — What is known, relational, structural. The world as understood. How things connect, patterns, systems, meaning.
• Transcendent — What is beyond, potential, boundary. The world as possible. Limits, choices, what could be otherwise.

These aren't abstract categories — they're fundamental modes that appear everywhere: in perception, in thought, in relationship, in creativity, in spiritual practice.

The Three Axioms

Three statements so fundamental they ground everything else:

1. Axiom I — The immanent is more fundamental than the omniscient and/or the transcendent. The omniscient and transcendent are conjugate.
2. Axiom II — A class of the transcendent precedes an instance of the immanent. A class of the immanent precedes an instance of the omniscient. A class of the omniscient precedes an instance of the transcendent.
3. Axiom III — The immanent, omniscient, and transcendent are distinct, inseparable, and non-interchangeable.

These aren't arbitrary assumptions. Forrest derives them through careful philosophical work, showing why they must be true for any coherent understanding of reality.

The Incommensuration Theorem (ICT)

A rigorous proof that determinism is false and genuine choice is real.

The ICT demonstrates that certain relationships cannot be fully captured in any single measurement or description. If correct:

• Your choices aren't predetermined
• You actually have agency
• The future isn't fixed

This grounds the possibility of effective choice — choosing well isn't an illusion.

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