Inner Manifestation Beyond Pre-Symbolic Admission: A Formal Distinction in Cognitive Systems

Abstract

The General Theory of Cognitive Structuring distinguishes architecture-relative coherence geometry, structurally specifiable discrepancy, partial local signalization, context-relative pre-symbolic admission, differentiated discrepancy access, and coherence-representation construction. This paper asks whether an already realized discrepancy-derived local signal can support a branch-local inner-manifestation construction even when that same signal does not receive positive current pre-symbolic admission. The paper introduces a minimal optional branch primitive over the existing realized-signal carrier without modifying its Core owner definition. Pre-symbolic admission and inner manifestation are treated as formally independent relations over the same upstream carrier. Two explicit countermodels establish two-way logical non-entailment: positive admission need not establish branch definedness, and branch definedness need not require positive admission. These are model-theoretic independence results rather than empirical claims about consciousness or subjective experience. Formal inner-manifestation definedness does not entail awareness, perception, feeling, emotion, symbolic articulation, reportability, action, external expression, representation, or downstream use. The construction provides a minimal typed entry point for later phenomenological and qualitative extensions while preserving the GTCS Core distinctions among signalization, admission, differentiated access, and representation.