Paton System — Cognitive Clarifications: Master Index (Series I–IV)

This paper provides a unified index for the Cognitive Clarifications series within the Paton System (Series I–IV). The series establishes a structured interpretive layer that clarifies how admissibility, observation, formation, continuation, collapse, stability, and decision operate across cognitive and complex systems. These clarifications do not introduce new structural laws but stabilise the interpretation and application of the existing Paton System across domains. The work organises the series into four coherent layers: cognitive pathway (Series I), constraint and boundary behaviour (Series II), stability and structural integrity (Series III), and decision, action, and control (Series IV). Together, the series forms a complete cognitive–operational framework that translates the core structural principles of the Paton System into a usable interpretive layer. It positions these clarifications within the Tier-3 to Tier-6 structure, linking admissibility, observation, continuation, collapse, and domain instantiation. Across all series, the same principle holds: continuation persists while constraints remain compatible, and termination occurs when compatibility is exceeded without recovery, consistent with the Constraint–Incompatibility Collapse Law (CICL). This index serves as the unified reference point for the Cognitive Clarifications series (I–IV).