Transition Stabilizers (γ₆)

Forces that preserve interpretive variability prior to binding

1. Canonical Definition

Transition Stabilizers (γ₆) are event-internal forces that preserve interpretive variability and increase reversibility as an interpretive event approaches binding. γ₆ forces slow threshold crossing by maintaining candidate range and softening collapse without determining which interpretation becomes governing.

2. Phase and Preconditions

• Operates: event-internal (pre-binding)

• Requires: an active interpretive event with candidate variability

• Does not require: binding, action governance, Event Closure State resolution, crystallization, legitimacy, or drift

3. Scope and Exclusions

Transition Stabilizers are not:

• constraints or constraint hierarchies

• governance or binding acts

• post-event forces

• temporal dynamics such as drift

• evaluative variables or diagnostic measures

4. Structural Role

Transition Stabilizers act on the conditions of binding, not on meaning content or constraint dominance. They preserve interpretive range by slowing convergence, increasing reversibility, and maintaining openness as binding conditions are approached. γ₆ forces explain how interpretive collapse can be delayed or softened without determining which interpretation prevails.

5. Authority and Legitimacy Status

• Authority relation: neutral

• Legitimacy relation: not applicable

Transition Stabilizers do not authorize action or affect legitimacy. Authority and legitimacy are determined at binding through meaning regimes.

6. Relation to Constraint Dominance and Drivers

Constraint Dominance determines which constraints control interpretive resolution. Transition Stabilizers (γ₆) determine how much reversibility is preserved prior to binding. Transition Drivers (β₆) counterbalance γ₆ by compressing interpretive variability and accelerating threshold crossing.

7. Common Category Errors

• Treating γ₆ as regulating drift or persistence

• Confusing stabilizers with dominant constraints

• Assuming higher γ₆ prevents binding entirely

• Applying γ₆ post-binding

8. Canonical Cross-References

Interpretation • Interpretive Dynamics • Constraint Dominance • Binding • Transition Drivers (β₆)

9. Plain Statement

Transition stabilizers are forces that keep interpretation open longer without deciding what it resolves to.