Context
Philosophical Context & Influences
Informational Ontology (IO) is presented as a first‑principles framework rather than a restatement of any single existing school. It nonetheless overlaps with several well‑established traditions.
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Relation to Existing Work
Structural realism: IO shares the view that relations and structure are prior to objects, but derives structure from the more minimal axiom of difference.
Philosophy of information: IO treats information as structured difference, not as communication, semantics, or Shannon‑style signal theory.
Process and systems philosophy: IO aligns with process views while retaining a strict axiomatic grounding.
IO should be read as a contribution to this landscape, offering a minimal generative grammar rather than a synthesis of existing theories.