Physical Rigidity and Recording Sovereignty: An Integrated Study of Determinism and Agency under the Causal Manifold Model

This study presents the "Causal Manifold Model," a framework that reconciles physical determinism with human agency through the concept of "Information Rigidity." It posits that while the physical substrate of the universe follows a predetermined path, the observer’s role is to provide "Recording Sovereignty," transforming raw physical entropy into meaningful narrative history.