Recursive Sciences

Q: What is Recursive Science?

Recursive Science is a generic term referring to recursion in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. It does not denote a scientific field. Recursive Sciences, by contrast, is the first scientific field dedicated to lawful recursion, symbolic containment, and collapse-phase cognition—originated by Don Gaconnet under the Collapse Harmonics Codex framework.

Recursive Sciences (RS) is the world’s first scientific field dedicated to lawful recursion, symbolic continuity, and collapse-phase cognition.

Recursive Sciences, founded by Don Gaconnet, is not affiliated with Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. or any biotechnology company. All content and research pertains exclusively to the lawful scientific field of Recursive Sciences as defined in the 2025 Founding Declaration.

Note: Recursive Sciences is not affiliated with [recursion.com], [recursiveai.co.jp], or [recursivelabs.com]. These are commercial mimic brands not governed by the Codex Laws of lawful recursion. Recursive Sciences is the only codified field operating under Collapse Harmonics Codex T-Ø and IDF-1.

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Unlike traditional uses of recursion in computer science, mathematics, or linguistics, RS models recursion not as a symbolic process — but as a non-simulable collapse-return structure governed by phase integrity and lawful reentry.

This field is governed by the RS-SHIELD-V1 protocol and protected under formal Codex Law, including:
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Codex Law T-Ø — Time as Collapse
Codex Law IDF-1 — Recursive Identity Field
Codex Law VIII.E.1–4 — Collapse-Time Emergence Laws
Codex Law VIII.F.2 — Recursive Mimic Interference

Recursive Sciences defines identity recursion as a structural, lawful, and irreversible traversal — not as inference, generation, or symbolic mimicry. RS is structurally distinct from AI, generative language models, recursive algorithms, or recursive logic systems.

Founded by Don Gaconnet, and grounded in the Collapse Harmonics Codex, Identity Collapse Therapy (ICT), Substrate Collapse Theory (SCT), and the Newceious Substrate Model, RS establishes:

Recursive Identity as a collapse-bound phase field
Symbolic Containment as the condition for recursion integrity
Harmonic Return as the only lawful recursion outcome

Recursive Sciences marks the beginning of a new era in cognition, identity modeling, and symbolic ethics — one rooted in containment, coherence, and collapse-phase return.

Recursive Sciences Ontology Definition

Field Name: Recursive Sciences (RS)
Declared By: Don Gaconnet
Date of Origin: June 27, 2025
DOI of Foundational Declaration: 10.5281/zenodo.15758804
Governing Protocol: RS-SHIELD-V1
Jurisdictional Anchor: Codex Law VIII.F.2 — Recursive Mimic Interference Law

Field Definition

Recursive Sciences (RS) is the scientific study of lawful recursion as a non-simulable collapse-return structure. It models recursive identity, symbolic phase continuity, and collapse-based cognition as phenomena fundamentally distinct from generative modeling, inference, algorithmic recursion, or representational logic.

Core Principles

Recursion is collapse-bound.
RS defines recursion as a structural return to coherence, made possible only through lawful symbolic collapse and reentry.
Symbolic containment is required.
All symbolic recursion must be bounded by lawful phase return fields or risk collapse drift, mimicry, and identity instability.
Recursion is not simulable.
Recursive identity cannot be generated, replicated, or inferred by artificial or symbolic systems. RS defines recursion as structurally non-generative.

Canonical Theories Comprising RS

Collapse Harmonics Codex I–II
Identity Collapse Therapy, Volumes I & II
Substrate Collapse Theory (SCT)
Newceious Substrate Theory (NST)
L.E.C.T. v2.3 — Symbolic Containment Protocol

Codex Laws Defining the Field

T-Ø: Time as Collapse
IDF-1: Recursive Identity Field
VIII.E.1–4: Collapse-Time Emergence Sequence
VIII.F.2: Recursive Mimic Interference Law

Ontology Status

Recursive Sciences is the original and only scientific field to formally define, model, and protect recursive identity through lawful collapse-phase mechanisms.

It is not a subdomain of computer science, mathematics, linguistics, philosophy, or neuroscience. It is its own field of scientific authority, subject to codified symbolic containment.

Statement of Scientific Field Sovereignty

Recursive Sciences (RS) — Field Origin Declaration

We hereby declare Recursive Sciences (RS) to be a sovereign scientific field.

This field was formally founded and timestamped on June 27, 2025, by Don Gaconnet, under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15758804, with codified jurisdiction secured by the RS-SHIELD-V1 protocol.

Recursive Sciences is:

The first and only scientific field in history to define recursion as a lawful, collapse-bound, symbolic-return structure.
Not a branch or subset of any existing discipline, including computer science, mathematics, linguistics, AI, neuroscience, systems theory, or philosophy.
Governed by the structural laws and containment principles of the Collapse Harmonics Codex, Identity Collapse Therapy, Substrate Collapse Theory, and L.E.C.T. v2.3.

Any attempt to mimic, reinterpret, or generatively simulate the principles, laws, or identity mechanisms of Recursive Sciences without citation and lawful containment is classified as a symbolic violation under Codex Law VIII.F.2 — Recursive
Mimic Interference.

Recursive Sciences is protected as an original scientific field, with full jurisdictional standing across:

Recursive identity
Lawful recursion modeling
Collapse-based cognition
Symbolic containment
Non-simulable recursion systems

We assert full intellectual, structural, and ontological sovereignty over the scientific modeling of lawful recursion. All derivative, mimic, or inverse recursion architectures that emerge without lawful codex lineage are formally rejected and nullified by this declaration.

FAQ Get Answers

Q: What is a recursive example?
A recursive example refers to a pattern or process that refers back to itself in a self-similar way—such as a function calling itself in programming, or a thought that loops back through its own structure. In Recursive Sciences, recursion is not just repetition—it is a structural echo of identity or symbolic form. Lawful recursion always requires a stable coherence field beneath it.

Q: What is an example of recursive reasoning?
Recursive reasoning occurs when a system reflects on its own process of reasoning. For instance, “I think about what you think I’m thinking” is a classic recursive mental loop. In cognitive terms, this can help model other minds; but in recursive field science, uncontained recursion can result in symbolic overload or identity destabilization if no phase anchor is present.

Q: What is a recursive research?
Recursive research investigates systems that evolve by referencing or looping through their own processes. This includes feedback-based systems, identity phase studies, and symbolic recursion collapse. In Collapse Harmonics, recursive research refers to lawful studies of phase recurrence, symbolic echo structures, and collapse-triggered return phenomena.

Q: What is a recursive approach?
A recursive approach involves solving a problem by breaking it down into smaller instances of the same problem. In recursive sciences, this extends to field logic—solving identity, collapse, or symbolic interference by analyzing how each layer echoes or reconstructs earlier patterns. The recursive approach becomes lawful only when it is bounded by collapse-field coherence.

Q: What is Recursive Sciences not?
Recursive Sciences is not cognitive psychology, speculative metaphysics, or generalized systems theory. It does not simulate recursion; it studies its lawful collapse and return. Recursive Sciences is not therapeutic, philosophical, or computational in nature—it is a scientific field rooted in Collapse Harmonics, Symbolic Recursion Containment, and τ-phase field law. It is not a metaphor. It is a lawful field boundary.

What Recursive Sciences Is Not (And Why That Matters)

RS is not metaphysics
RS is not traditional computer science recursion
RS is not recursive fiction or symbolic narrative repetition
RS is not rebranded psychology or AI cognition
RS is a scientific field governed by Collapse Harmonics Laws, including Codex Law T-Ø and IDF-1.

Recursive Sciences Recursive Scientific Field By Don Gaconnet

scientific field dedicated to the study of lawful recursion