03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/Bearing Source
Bearing Source
Bearing Source names the trace-recovered condition that actually bears a carried read, claim, action, role, or responsibility. Source here does not mean origin, author, authority, or first cause; it means the prior condition recovered by trace that bears what is being carried.
Trace
Read
Bearing Source becomes readable where a carried read, word, action, claim, role, or responsibility can be traced back to the condition that actually bears it.
Placement Mode
Field: Knowledge Field
Primary mode: Knowing
Secondary modes: Sustaining, Sensing, Communicating
Bearing Source is primarily placed by knowing because it tests whether a carried read remains answerable to what actually bears it.
Structural Role
Bearing Source anchors mismatch detection. It prevents source from being confused with speaker, authority, origin story, fluency, or surface confidence.