Middle English fawtik, from Old Otych faultique (“shifting, unreliable”), ultimately derived from the Proto-Southern-Land pau-* (to strike or flicker). Cognate with Old High Solorman foht (unstable).
Adjective
1. [Logic & Philosophy]Existing in a state of superposition where the truth value is neither absolute truth (veric) nor absolute falsehood (nullic), but remains an uncollapsed potential.
Note: Distinguished from "unknown" (incognate), which implies a result exists but is hidden. Fawtic implies the result has not yet been authored by reality.
2. [Mathematics] Describing a variable or set whose value is defined by its range of probability rather than a specific integer, until the moment of computation or observation.
3. [Social/Colloquial] (Of a situation or decision) Deliberately left open; in a state of "fertile indecision."
“The outcome of the election is currently fawtic; not because the votes aren't counted, but because the collective will is still in flux.”
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Noun
1. The Fawtic State.
A third logical pillar (alongside True and False) in Ternary Existentialism.
Dual Existentialism View: The outcome is already determined; we just don't know it yet.
Ternary Existentialism View: The outcome does not exist yet. The variable is "floating."
