Necessary
The consequence could not have been sustained without the superseded state.
Research Map · Human Agency Policy Framework
The Consequence Revalidation lifecycle
This is the paper's own canonical lifecycle, stated three times in the text in this exact form.
The lifecycle
CorrectionDependencyProvenanceParticipationRevalidationRemedyClosure
The four forms of dependency that trigger it
Contributory
The state materially affected the decision but was not its sole basis.
Incidental
The state was present but did not materially affect the outcome.
Indeterminate
Available evidence is insufficient to determine the state’s role.
Reading the map
Trigger is an entry condition to Dependency, not a separate pipeline. Propagation is part of Remedy and Closure: it carries a revalidation result to the locations where superseded state remains operative. The five operational groupings implement one single lifecycle; they do not replace it. A trivial clerical correction with no plausible connection to an operative consequence need not proceed past the trigger stage — not every event that followed chronologically requires revalidation, only continuing material dependency does.
Citation
Suggested citation
Preble, Micheal Charles. “Human Agency Under Consequential State: A Policy Framework for Correction, Revalidation, and Recoverable Consequences” Manuscript v4, September 2026. SSRN 7509878, submitted to SSRN, 2026.
Preble, Micheal Charles. “Human Agency Under Consequential State: A Policy Framework for Correction, Revalidation, and Recoverable Consequences” Manuscript v4, September 2026. SSRN 7509878, submitted to SSRN, 2026.