{
  "title": "Quantum Cosmology and Singularity-Resolution Programs: structure map",
  "chapter": "Quantum Cosmology and Singularity-Resolution Programs",
  "kind": "structure",
  "schematic": true,
  "not_to_scale": true,
  "stages": [
    "cosmological state and constraint",
    "clock and boundary condition",
    "minisuperspace or effective dynamics",
    "decoherence and full-theory tests",
    "qualified resolution claim"
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "object": "Wheeler-DeWitt solution",
      "required_declaration": "inner product, boundary condition, and clock",
      "diagnostic": "constraint and probability-current check",
      "licensed_conclusion": "a state in the reduced model",
      "unsupported_promotion": "a unique cosmological prediction"
    },
    {
      "object": "loop-cosmology bounce",
      "required_declaration": "difference equation and effective regime",
      "diagnostic": "density bound and state-spread check",
      "licensed_conclusion": "bounce in the stated approximation",
      "unsupported_promotion": "resolution in the full inhomogeneous theory"
    },
    {
      "object": "singularity resolution",
      "required_declaration": "operational criterion and observable",
      "diagnostic": "BKL, perturbation, and extension tests",
      "licensed_conclusion": "the criterion verified in a model",
      "unsupported_promotion": "all notions of singularity are removed"
    }
  ],
  "takeaway": "A wavefunction, effective bounce, bounded variable, geodesic extension, and full singularity resolution are different claims."
}