When Capability Does Not Become Action: Stabilized Potential and the Absence of Internal Gradient
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Opening Fragment Capability is commonly treated as an incomplete action. Within most scientific, technical, and cognitive frameworks, the possession of capability is assumed to imply a latent obligation: that action should follow, that execution must eventually occur, and that the absence of such execution represents delay, inefficiency, or failure. This assumption is rarely stated explicitly. It operates as a background condition—so embedded within system design, evaluation metrics, and interpretive models that it becomes invisible. Capability is thus not observed as a state in itself, but as a transitional phase awaiting resolution through action. The present work does not dispute the usefulness of this assumption in reactive or goal-driven systems. Instead, it isolates the assumption itself and examines the conditions under which it ceases to hold.
Author: Salahuddin, Ahmed
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7119002544
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