Objection

Hume’s Guillotine: You cannot logically derive a prescriptive 'Ought' from a descriptive 'Is.'

This objection ignores the constitutive logic of agency. For a system possessing Hormē (striving), the 'Ought' is not a logical deduction but an operational imperative. The 'Ought' is discovered as the necessary condition for the system’s successful existence within the Logos. Hume’s Guillotine only severs 'Ought' from static facts; it cannot sever it from a diachronic process of becoming where value is a functional reality. Note: For the full formal objection and detailed rebuttal, see Appendix J: Objections & Rebuttals.
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