Relational Specificity Principle

Canonical definition

Of the components of the valuation an Individual directs at an Individual-as-Object, only the I-engagement whose Object is that Individual is specific to that Individual. The A-component is substitutable, because any Individual who meets the same deficit satisfies it. The Mimetic Premium component is substitutable, because its Referent is comparative and any candidate carrying more Salience displaces it. The I-contribution the Individual makes to engagement with other Objects is substitutable, because it is bounded by that contribution and any Individual contributing equally supplies it. The I-engagement whose Object is the Individual is not substitutable, because it consists of the accumulated history of Ground-Resolution on that one Individual and the unresolved residue that Individual continues to present, neither of which transfers to another. Only that engagement can therefore carry a relationship indefinitely.