Minimal Distinction Framework A First-Principle Structural Ontology for Existence, Time, and Subjectivity

This work proposes a first-principle structural framework based on irreducible minimal distinction. The paper argues that absolute undifferentiation cannot stably exist, and that minimal distinction constitutes the minimal structural condition required for existence, definability, time, subjectivity, continuity, and stable structure. Within this framework: * unfolding is not motion or behavior, but the structural necessity through which minimal distinction preserves distinguishability;* time is interpreted as irreversible directionality rather than temporal flow;* subjectivity is treated as the inner side of distinction rather than a late emergent phenomenon;* history is understood as the trace of unfolding rather than the foundation of reality;* space and causality are interpreted as stabilized structural manifestations of unfolding propagation. The framework further proposes that stable structures, continuity, and cosmic organization emerge from the unfolding of minimal distinction itself. This work is intended as a foundational structural ontology rather than a completed physical theory.