[[010_D2.1_LOGOS-FIELD-DEFINITION|LOGOS FIELD]] DEFINITION

"Logos" (λόγος) means "word, reason, pattern, principle" in Greek. It was philosophical terminology (Heraclitus, Stoics) before it was theological (John 1:1). We use it because it captures the semantic nature of the field—it carries meaning, not just syntax. If "Logos" offends, call it "χ-field" and lose the historical resonance.

The χ-field is defined to explain phenomena we already observe:

• Fine-tuning of physical constants
• Low-entropy initial conditions
• Quantum measurement problem (collapse requires observer—who observes the first observation?)
• Consciousness ([[038_D5.2_Integrated-Information-Phi|integrated information]] grounded in what?)
• The effectiveness of mathematics in physics

Predictions are developed in Papers 5-12. The field is not ad hoc; it's the minimal postulate required to ground information ontology.

Excellent question—this is addressed in [[014_P2.2_Chi-Semantic-Content|P2.2]] (Chi Semantic Content). The χ-field is self-interpreting because it includes consciousness (the observer) as an emergent property. The meaning isn't external to χ; meaning arises when χ configures into conscious patterns (Φ > 0). The Logos is both message and reader.

If the properties required of a self-grounding informational substrate with semantic content and consciousness match the properties theologians attribute to God, that's convergence from independent starting points. We're not assuming God; we're deriving that something God-like must exist. The identification is explicit in [[066_ID7.1_Terminal-Observer-Is-God|ID7.1]].

See [[012_E2.1_Master-Equation-First-Form|E2.1]] (Master Equation First Form): χ = ∫(G·K)dΩ where G = geometry, K = [[029_D4.1_Kolmogorov-Complexity|Kolmogorov complexity]], Ω = configuration space. This is the first form—subsequent axioms refine it. Klein-Gordon-like dynamics (∂²χ/∂t² - ∇²χ + m²χ = 0) give propagation. The full Master Equation is in [[146_E19.1_Full-Master-Equation|E19.1]].