Coherence as a Cross-Domain Constraint on Persistence and Intelligibility

This paper proposes a conceptual framework in which coherence, understood as consistency under transformation, functions as a unifying constraint across physical, biological, and cognitive systems. Rather than treating substance or static being as ontologically primary, the framework emphasizes the persistence of relational structure under change as a minimal condition for intelligibility. Conservation laws in physics, homeostatic regulation in biology, and identity maintenance in cognition are interpreted as domain-specific realizations of this shared constraint. The aim is not to introduce a new physical theory or empirical claims, but to clarify an architectural principle implicitly relied upon across disciplines. This interpretive approach—referred to as constructive ontology—offers a unified lens for understanding order, information, and meaning within an entropic universe.