What Does “Dogmatic” Mean in DCI?
In Dogmatic Coterminous Impermanence, dogmatic describes the form of the doctrine: propositions stated clearly enough to guide action, ritual, criticism, and review. It names declarative discipline.
Dogmatism names a different failure: a doctrine insulated from evidence, consequence, honest witness, or correction. DCI treats that insulation as drift.
Why use the word?
A doctrine that never states a claim strongly enough to be tested can evade correction by remaining vague. DCI chooses explicit propositions so reality can answer them. Its claims remain corrigible when evidence, encounter, consequence, or better formulation exposes error.
The title is intentionally severe. Conviction gives action enough coherence to proceed. Revision keeps that coherence answerable to finite perception and mutable memory.