Six thesis claims
The Introduction's reader contract — six load-bearing claims the manuscript develops part by part and revisits with status in Chapter 48.
The Introduction names six load-bearing claims — the reader contract for the full manuscript. Each claim gets a dedicated concept card; Chapter 48 revisits all six with status labels and open gaps. This hub is not a seventh claim: it orients you across the spine.
Not the same as Standalone claims: those four notes are extractable publishable memos. The six thesis claims are the book’s opening contract and status arc.
| # | Intro claim | Ledger | Concept card | Part(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boundary | C-003 | Boundary discovery | I (preview), II |
| 2 | Value-bundle | C-004 | Value-bundle transport | IV–V |
| 3 | Grounding | C-004a | Grounding viability | I, IV, VI, IX, X |
| 4 | Correction | C-005 | Correction-channel integrity | VI |
| 5 | Successor | C-006 | Successor stability | VII–VIII |
| 6 | Basin / selection | C-007 | Attractor control | VIII |
Second-tier spine claims (load-bearing but not in the Introduction six): differential growth (C-008), transport/laundering (C-009), adversarial measurement (C-010), civilizational limit (C-011). See Chapter 48 and the bridge assumptions card for where these bite.
In the PDF: Introduction §How these claims unfold; status at book close in Chapter 48 §Opening Claims Revisited and the status-at-a-glance table.