Relation to Other Systems
PMS may be misunderstood because it resembles multiple existing frameworks while being identical to none of them.
This page clarifies what PMS is not by placing it in relation to adjacent domains.
PMS vs Psychology
PMS is not a psychological model.
- it does not describe mental states
- it does not classify persons
- it does not diagnose traits, disorders, or capacities
- it does not explain behaviour via internal causes
Psychology operates on subjects and experiences. PMS operates on structures of action and constraint, independent of who or what instantiates them.
A psychological interpretation may be layered on top of PMS, but PMS itself remains strictly non-diagnostic.
PMS vs Phenomenology
PMS is not phenomenology.
- it does not describe lived experience
- it does not analyse perception, consciousness, or meaning
- it does not privilege first-person access
Phenomenology asks how something appears. PMS asks how structures are composed.
Any experiential reading of PMS operators is external to the system and must not be reinserted into the operator definitions.
PMS vs Programming Languages
PMS is not a programming language.
- it has no syntax for execution
- it has no runtime semantics
- it does not compile to instructions
Instead:
- PMS is a grammar of composition
- comparable to a type system, not a language
- comparable to a calculus, not a program
Programming languages may implement or consume PMS, but PMS itself remains implementation-agnostic.
PMS vs AI Systems
PMS is not an AI system.
- it does not reason
- it does not decide
- it does not learn
- it does not infer meaning
The relationship is asymmetric:
- PMS constrains
- AI interprets
PMS defines which structural compositions are admissible. AI systems may operate within those constraints.
This makes PMS suitable as a governance, audit, or control layer, not as an intelligent agent.
PMS vs Ontologies and Worldviews
PMS is not an ontology.
- it does not define what exists
- it does not commit to metaphysics
- it does not encode values or ethics
It specifies relations between structural actions, nothing more.
Any worldview-level interpretation is orthogonal to PMS.
Summary
PMS is best understood as:
- below interpretation
- above implementation
- independent of domain semantics
It constrains form, not content.
This makes PMS suitable as a governance, audit, or control layer.
What Comes Next
This page clarified what PMS is not by contrast with adjacent domains.
The next page lists where PMS is actually instantiated today: derived systems that apply the same operator grammar under different constraints, without redefining it.
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Applications & Lineage
(Derived projects, links, and structural provenance)