Volume I

Similes of Symmetry

Local Truth, Global Coherence

Local truth is cheap; global coherence is expensive. The question is who pays.

PrologueThe Notary's Art

Part IA History of Witnessing

From clay bullae to chain of custody

Ch. 1
The Weight of the WordOn the problem of making truth survive the absence of the person who first asserted it
Ch. 2
Chains of StakesOn the bill of exchange and the architecture of commercial truth
Ch. 3
The Rent at the Gate

Interlude: When the Medium Shifts

Part IIThe Architecture of Proof

Two paradigms of computation and what they miss

Ch. 4
The Empire of Strings
Ch. 5
The Empire of Tables
Ch. 6
Evidence Without Custody

Part IIIThe Reckoning

From five properties to four consequences

Ch. 7
The Witness Protocol
Ch. 8
Similes of Symmetry

Companion

The Proofs

The formal companion to Similes of Symmetry. Definitions, theorems, and constructions for the witness-structure framework.

Part I: Foundations (A1–A6)Part II: Equipment (A7–A11)Part III: Coherence (A12–A16)Part IV: Construction (A17–A21)Part V: Specification (A22–A26)Part VI: Demonstrations (A27–A31)

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