Citation and Reference Index

Books and publications

Use the full author name Matthew Tripp Zejda; the abbreviated APA form is Zejda, M. T. Each entry below identifies the cited work or repository version. Add a chapter, section, theorem, or page locator when you refer to a particular argument.

@book{ZejdaUndatedELTool,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Existential Logicism: A Logic-Based Tool for Navigating Reality}},
  publisher = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  note = {Undated source},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/existential-logicism-a-logic-based-tool-for-navigating-reality}
}

@book{Zejda2025ELEngine,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Existential Logicism: A Logic-Based Engine for Navigating Reality}},
  publisher = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  note = {PDF manuscript},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/existential-logicism-a-logic-based-engine-for-navigating-reality}
}

@book{Zejda2026ExistentialGround,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Existential Ground: The Undeniable Foundation Beneath Reality, Time, God, and Life}},
  publisher = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/existential-ground-2}
}

@book{Zejda2026FiniteMindFiniteGod,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Finite Mind, Finite God}},
  publisher = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2026},
  note = {PDF manuscript},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/finite-mind-finite-god-book}
}

@book{Zejda2026RSIv5,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Resolution State Interface (RSI): Introduction to Universal Relativity by Matthew Tripp Zejda}},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Version 5},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19176988},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19176988}
}

@book{Zejda2026ClosureCartographyV3,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Closure Cartography and The Annular Branch: A Unified-Terrain Replacement candidate for Dark Matter Support in Disk Galaxies that can potentially survive the bullet cluster}},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Version 3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20298719},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20298719}
}

The Tool is the continuous reading route; the Engine includes the formal arguments alongside that account. A repository version identifies a particular release, not every subsequent form of the work. For another edition, use that edition’s own title, date, and identifier. An undated entry is written as n.d.; the date you read a page is not its publication date.

Citing a webpage

Cite a webpage when you use the web explanation itself. Cite the book or repository object when you use that source. For a direct quotation or a particular proof step, include the section heading, numbered result, or page in the source you read.

For an undated webpage, use n.d. in the date position. Chicago’s author-date form includes an access date for undated web material; use your actual consultation date. The entries below use October 3, 2026. When several works share the same author and year, distinguish them with the letter suffixes required by your citation style and keep those suffixes consistent in the text and reference list.

For another page on this site, keep the author name, use that page’s displayed title and full address, and include a publication or revision date only when the page supplies one. A browser tab title, a search-engine crawl time, and a book’s publication year are not interchangeable dates.

@misc{ZejdaWebUNDENIABLE,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Existential Logicism and Undeniable Facts}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/existential-logicism-undeniable-facts},
  note = {Undated webpage; accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebERP,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Epistemic Refutation Paradox}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/epistemic-refutation-paradox},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebTP,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Tripp’s Prison}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/tripps-prison},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebION,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Illusion of Nothingness}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/illusion-of-nothing},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebLEIR,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Logical Elimination of Infinite Regress}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/logical-elimination-of-the-infinite-regress},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebPPD,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Persistent Present Determinism}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/persistent-present-determinism},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebSOC,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Spectrum of Consciousness}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/spectrum-of-consciousness},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebCG,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{The Contingency Guillotine}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/contingency-guillotine},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

@misc{ZejdaWebDMF,
  author = {Zejda, Matthew Tripp},
  title = {{Deterministic Moral Forces}},
  howpublished = {Existential Logicism (website)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.existentiallogicismmatthewtrippzejda.com/deterministic-moral-forces},
  note = {accessed 2026-10-03}
}

Terms and aliases

A familiar word can carry a different role in another argument. I keep the source beside each entry so that the standard term, its use in EL or FMFG, the integrated EG vocabulary, and the physical RSI quantity do not become interchangeable by accident.

The alphabetical locator below lists headwords and named aliases without repeating their definitions. Some links open an entry directly; others open the reference page. Use that page’s own lookup or your browser’s Find in page to reach the named term. A repeated headword with a different source label is a separate use, not an additional claim that the definitions are identical.

Symbols and equations

Read a symbol with the definition and assumptions attached to its source. A shared character does not give two different quantities the same meaning. The symbol lists below identify where to check notation; the equation list identifies the physical relations rather than reproducing them without their conditions.

EL: epistemic and formal notation

Tokening, occurrence, epistemic frames, inference, and the pillar-specific symbols. EL terms and notation.

FMFG: formal logic and source-local symbols

Quantifiers, predicates, sets, functions, and the schematic letters used in the religious and ultimacy arguments. FMFG terms and notation.

EG: foundational and formal symbols

The notation of the integrated argument, with its glossary distinctions. EG foundational symbols.

EG: identity and pattern symbols

The pattern, identity, and memory notation used with the corresponding definitions. EG pattern symbols.

EG: RSI source symbols

The physical-bridge symbols as used in the EG source. EG physical-bridge symbols.

RSI: physical quantities

Anchor and field energy, anchor plane, recursion depth, resolution state, collapse ratio, quotas, and channel notation. RSI terminology.

Operators and local conventions

Check indices, operators, and locally introduced notation at the point of use. EG operators and conventions.

The RSI Core 12

The equation reference supplies each relation, its symbols, use, and scope. Equation 12 is the weak-domain closure statement using the specified relations; it is not an invented additional algebraic law.

1. 1. Resolution State Law
2. 2. Recursive Field Energy
3. 3. Anchor Energy
4. 4. Total Recursive Energy
5. 5. Deterministic Collapse Ratio
6. 6. Recursive Engine
7. 7. Engine-Regulated Closure
8. 8. Identity Summation
9. 9. Recursive Redshift
10. 10. Multi-Body Anchor Closure
11. 11. Nuclear Coupling
12. 12. Weak-Domain Closure

Open the complete equation reference · RSI conceptual mapping · Introduction to Universal Relativity

Use the source’s equation number and section with the publication citation. Core equations, supplementary relations, interpretive mappings, and empirical checks carry different evidential roles. A useful mapping is not by itself an independently confirmed physical result.

Arguments and proofs

Follow the named argument to its explanation and formal treatment. The source locator matters: the same theme can appear in more than one book without having the same theorem number, assumptions, or conclusion. A chapter guide is not a replacement for the proof itself.

Maps and reading routes

Use these routes for the shape of an argument, a source map, or a sustained reading path. A link marked as a book locator opens the publication page; the named chapter or appendix tells you where to continue in the book.

The EL reading route

Tool, Chapters 1–9: the seven pillars, their explanations, and the concluding account.

The EL formal route

Engine, the formal sections in Chapters 1–8 and the Notation and Symbol Guide. Start with the relevant pillar above.

The FMFG argument sequence

FMFG, Chapters 1–10; Chapter 11, Terminology, Notation, and Conventions. Book locator.

Explanatory Cartography

EG, Chapter 19: locate a claim, recover its contribution, examine support and category crossings, and compare the corresponding explanatory burden.

Formal Arguments and Proofs

EG, Appendix A. Book locator for the complete formal apparatus.

Glossary and Notation

EG, Appendix B and its dedicated glossary reference.

Conclusions, Limits, and Open Questions

EG, Appendix C. Book locator for the distinctions among supported results, rejected claims, preserved truths, and open questions.

Explanatory Cartography Atlas

EG, Appendix D. Book locator for the explanatory systems and their relations to the connected arguments.

Physical carrier and readout

The carrier/readout article, with EG Chapters 4, 13, and 19 as its connected source locations.

RSI working reference

Introduction to Universal Relativity, its equation reference, and conceptual mapping. Use the section and version belonging to the source you consult.

Closure Cartography figures and analysis

The physical publication and its own support/readout context, not the EG explanatory atlas.

Outside sources

These outside sources serve different purposes: ordinary word usage, philosophical reference, physical background, and original research. Their inclusion does not make them interchangeable kinds of evidence. For a claim made in one of my books or arguments, follow that work’s own references and the precise passage being used.

@misc{mw_existential,
  title = {Existential},
  howpublished = {Merriam-Webster Dictionary},
  url = {https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existential}
}

@misc{mw_existence,
  title = {Existence},
  howpublished = {Merriam-Webster Dictionary},
  url = {https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existence}
}

@incollection{sep_existentialism,
  author = {Aho, Kevin},
  title = {{Existentialism}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Spring 2025},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2025/entries/existentialism/}
}

@incollection{sep_logicism,
  author = {Tennant, Neil},
  title = {{Logicism and Neologicism}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Winter 2023},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/logicism/}
}

@incollection{sep_ontology,
  author = {Hofweber, Thomas},
  title = {{Logic and Ontology}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Summer 2023},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2023/entries/logic-ontology/}
}

@incollection{sep_epistemology,
  author = {Steup, Matthias and Neta, Ram},
  title = {{Epistemology}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Fall 2025},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2025/entries/epistemology/}
}

@incollection{sep_metaphysics,
  author = {van Inwagen, Peter and Sullivan, Meghan and Bernstein, Sara},
  title = {{Metaphysics}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Summer 2026},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2026/entries/metaphysics/}
}

@incollection{sep_determinism_causal,
  author = {Hoefer, Carl},
  title = {{Causal Determinism}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Summer 2026},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2026/entries/determinism-causal/}
}

@incollection{sep_causation,
  author = {Gallow, J. Dmitri},
  title = {{The Metaphysics of Causation}},
  booktitle = {The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  editor = {Zalta, Edward N. and Nodelman, Uri},
  edition = {Fall 2022},
  publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
  year = {2022},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2022/entries/causation-metaphysics/}
}

@misc{britannica_relativity,
  title = {Relativity},
  howpublished = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
  url = {https://www.britannica.com/science/relativity}
}

@misc{britannica_gr,
  title = {General relativity},
  howpublished = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
  url = {https://www.britannica.com/science/relativity/General-relativity}
}

@misc{nist_c,
  title = {Speed of light in vacuum},
  howpublished = {NIST},
  url = {https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?c}
}

@misc{britannica_emc2,
  title = {E = mc²},
  howpublished = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
  url = {https://www.britannica.com/science/E-mc2-equation}
}

@misc{nasa_blackhole_anatomy,
  title = {Black hole anatomy},
  howpublished = {NASA Science},
  url = {https://science.nasa.gov/universe/black-holes/anatomy/}
}

@misc{britannica_wormhole,
  title = {Wormhole},
  howpublished = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
  url = {https://www.britannica.com/science/wormhole}
}

@article{hawking_chronology_protection_1992,
  author = {Hawking, Stephen W.},
  title = {Chronology protection conjecture},
  journal = {Physical Review D},
  volume = {46},
  number = {2},
  pages = {603--611},
  year = {1992},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.46.603},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.603}
}