ECF V: Methodological Foundations

Version: Version 4.0 (new version; the concept DOI chain is preserved) Version description: This updated version adds, on top of the reference corrections of the preceding version: the configuration hypothesis aligned with ECF III §4.2; the scope-of-necessity distinction made explicit — the directionality of the two operational logics is a B-tier necessity, their concrete realization involves C-tier construct choices (the opening and concluding statements are reworded accordingly); the methodological coupling restated as the methodological counterpart of the three extrema rather than a direct mapping; and the generative-framework wording unified across the paper.