Action Determinacy Loss (ADL)
The threshold at which governing meaning can no longer route action
1. Canonical Definition
Action Determinacy Loss (ADL) is the threshold condition at which an existing crystallized governing baseline can no longer deterministically route response selection relative to the reference conditions treated as in force. When ADL occurs, the baseline ceases to constrain response selection without reinterpretation, interpretive jurisdiction reactivates, and a new interpretive event begins.
2. Phase and Preconditions
Operates: temporal (post-event)
Requires: crystallized meaning governing action across cycles
Does not require: explicit error recognition, disagreement, or authority revocation
3. Scope and Exclusions
Action Determinacy Loss is not:
uncertainty, confusion, or disagreement
gradual drift or misalignment itself
a voluntary decision to reinterpret
a loss of legitimacy or authority
a corrective action or solution
4. Structural Role
ADL marks the failure of a governing baseline to perform its core function: deterministically routing response selection under the reference conditions treated as in force. ADL does not revise meaning or resolve conflict. It reinstates interpretive jurisdiction and initiates a new interpretive event.
Determinacy Test
A crystallized governing baseline remains determinative only while it satisfies all three determinacy conditions: reference viability, constraint orderability, and routing realizability. Action Determinacy Loss occurs at the first point any one condition fails, such that response selection cannot proceed without reinterpretation.
5. Authority and Legitimacy Status
Authority relation: neutral
Legitimacy relation: not applicable
ADL does not create, remove, or reclassify authority. Regime status remains unchanged until a new binding occurs.
6. Temporal Status
ADL is a threshold, not a rate. It occurs when an existing crystallized baseline loses determinacy because reference conditions no longer apply, constraints become non orderable, or no authorized response route remains realizable. ADL may recur whenever a governing baseline degrades beyond its routing capacity.
7. Common Category Errors
Treating ADL as gradual drift rather than a threshold
Treating ADL as uncertainty or confusion
Assuming ADL implies illegitimacy or failure
Treating ADL as optional or intentional
8. Canonical Cross-References
Determinacy Conditions • Drift • Meaning Regimes (PCMR / DMR) • Interpretation • Interpretive Jurisdiction • Binding • Crystallization
9. Plain Statement
Action Determinacy Loss is the point where existing meaning no longer tells a system what it can do next.