# A Maxwell Universe: Master Content Map **Project Status:** Canon (Parts I & II) / Polished Draft (Parts III, IV, V) **Abstract:** This work proposes a unified ontology where reality is a single, continuous electromagnetic substrate. * **Part I & II:** Establish the physical baseline—deriving Mass, Charge, and Gravity from the topology of a source-free scalar field. * **Part III:** Derives the "Self" not as a biological accident, but as a **Causally Free** electromagnetic structure emerging from the substrate (The Ghost in the Machine). * **Part IV & V:** Explores the sociology of the field—how "Ideas" exist as topological constraints and how the "Consensus" of billions of observers renders the macroscopic world (The Physics of Society). ## PART I — FOUNDATIONS OF REALITY (Published) 1. From Darkness, Light 2. Time 3. Orderings 4. Counting Steps 5. Space 6. Plato and the Cave 7. Logic, Mathematics, and Reality *Appendix — Assumptions and Derived Commitments* ## PART II — THE PHYSICAL SUBSTRATE (Published) 1. Fields Matter 2. The Operational Trap (Mass, Momentum, Structure) 3. Classical Discreteness (Sunlight, Geometry of Quantization) 4. Impedance and Stability (Boundary Problem, Alpha) 5. Mechanics and Self-Refraction (Conservation, Inertia) 6. Emergent Forces (Lorentz Force, Pressure) 7. The Proton and Topological Linking (Knots, Baryons, Strong Force) 8. Gravity and the Dielectric Cosmos (Refraction, Dark Matter/Energy) *Appendices A, B, C (Calculus, Heat, Charge Derivations)* ## PART III — THE EMERGENT GHOST (Polished Draft) *Focus: How the Individual Self emerges from the Loop.* 1. **The Causally Free** (Software): Ideas as acausal, logical constraints. 2. **The Hardware of Resonance** (Hardware): Microtubules as shielded waveguides ($M < 10$). 3. **The Mechanism of Choice** (Filter): The PCF and Subtractive Free Will. 4. **The Radiating Self** (Output): The body as a phased array; bias vs. force. 5. **The Statistical Fallacy** (Defense): Refuting Thermal Noise via Phase Coherence. ## PART IV — THE PHYSICS OF IDEAS (Polished Draft) *Focus: The Ecosystem of Thought and Object.* 1. **The Physics of Objects** (Signatures): Impedance matching as recognition. 2. **Material Platonism** (Idea Clouds): Ideas as topological constraints / superposition of imprints. ## PART V — THE PHYSICS OF CONSENSUS (Polished Draft) *Focus: How we render the Universe together.* 1. **The Physics of Consensus** (Network): Institutions as Hyper-Constructs (Macro-Solitons). 2. **The Render** (Conclusion): The Universe as a Volumetric Display (The CRT Universe).