The Foundations of Truth: A Dual-Aspect Framework of Consciousness and Logic within Fourfold Logic

This paper develops an original epistemological framework that unites Cartesian self-awareness, Aristotelian logical principles, Buddhist Tetralemma analysis, and modern dialetheism into a dual-aspect foundation for truth: consciousness and logic. By treating these as co-fundamentals bound by self-reference and paradox, the model addresses the limitations of single-entry-point approaches. The Tetralemma is extended beyond its traditional apophatic use into a cataphatic framework, producing a bi-directional continuum that integrates existence, void, and the infinite reflection of the eternal. This approach differs from previous systems by providing a logically constructive and cross-traditional method for defining truth that is both metaphysically coherent and structurally explicit, summarized in the sequence 1–2–3–4.