02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Regress
Regress
Regress names continuation evaluated as loss of prior availability. Where progress names evaluated advancement, regress names the opposite — continuation assessed as less available than a previously held condition. Regress does not name failure in a moral sense; it names evaluated movement away from a readable condition.
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Regress becomes recognisable where continuation can be read as losing ground — where what is proceeding is assessed as moving away from the evaluated condition within the current scope.