Inference Layer

The inference layer is the living, evolving network of claims, attacks, undercuts, and supporting relations in a Dialectical Graph. It represents the current state of knowledge: what is believed, what is contested, and what has been refuted.

Unlike the narrative layer, which produces human-readable documents, the inference layer is a graph structure optimized for reasoning and updating. When new evidence arrives, the inference layer changes; narratives are regenerated as needed.

This separation is why Coscientist treats documents as projections, not ground truth. A document is a snapshot of the inference layer at a point in time. The living knowledge is in the graph; the prose is a rendering.