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The treatise

A Unifying General Theory of Human MotivationAppetites, Intrinsic Motivation and Mimetic Desire

The book, in the current working text. A glossary entry that names a chapter and section opens that place.

Latest text 19 October 2026. The book is unfinished. These pages change when the source text changes.

The framework itself is Chapter 4 and Appendix A, taken together. Chapter 4 states the axioms and the architecture. Appendix A is the mathematics of that system. The rest of the treatise explains what the framework is and how it plays out.

Chapter 4

The Axiomatic and Architectural Foundation of AIM

States the axioms and the architecture.

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Appendix A

The Mathematical Structure of the AIM System

The mathematics of that same system.

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Draft of 19 October 2026. The book is unfinished.

Part I — Diagnosis

  1. Chapter 1A Unifying General Theory of Human Motivation: Appetites, Intrinsic Motivation and Mimetic Desire17 October 2026
  2. Chapter 2Definitions and Glossary
  3. Chapter 3System Scope and the Output-Capacity Entailment Principle17 October 2026
  4. Chapter 4The Axiomatic and Architectural Foundation of AIM19 October 2026
  5. Chapter 5Why Motivation Requires Disaggregation17 October 2026
  6. Chapter 6Appetites (A), Homeostatic and Safety-Related Drives17 October 2026
  7. Chapter 7Intrinsic Motivation (I), Process-Rewarding Engagement19 October 2026
  8. Chapter 8Mimetic Desire (M), The Hidden Architecture of Social Wanting17 October 2026
  9. Chapter 9Neural Integration and Source Opacity17 October 2026
  10. Chapter 10THE EVOLUTIONARY MISMATCH HYPOTHESIS16 October 2026
  11. Chapter 11CONFABULATION, PROJECTION, AND THE SCAPEGOAT MECHANISM16 October 2026
  12. Chapter 12Money, Debt and the Architecture of Mimetic Extraction17 October 2026
  13. Chapter 13Bayesian Belief Dynamics17 October 2026
  14. Chapter 14Quantum Epistemology - Why Order Effects in Cognition Force a General Probability Theory of Belief, and Why Evidence from Other Individuals Must Be Held Under Doubt16 October 2026