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Choose a route

The book supports several routes besides reading every chapter in order.

Interest

Suggested route

Guiding question

Core theory

0–10, then 21

what is the minimal categorical contract for learning by repair?

Causality and discovery

0, 1, 3–6, 9–11, 22

when can a geometric obstruction support a causal or theoretical claim?

Decision making and RL

0, 1, 4, 7–10, 15–16

how does local variation alter universally extended decisions?

Deep architectures and skills

0, 3–4, 8–10, 12–14

how are compositional obligations compiled into trainable modules?

Relational and multi-agent reasoning

0, 3–4, 6, 9–10, 17–20

how do local structures glue without erasing disagreement or provenance?

Scientific creativity

1–7, 10–11, 21–22

when should repair change the model, and when should it change the theory?