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Establish Soul Frame research repository and workplans Scaffold the research layout from the research program, add INTENT/SCOPE, research instruments, concept stubs, and SOUL-WP-0001–0008 phase workplans. Register the repo with State Hub under domain agents for hub-synced execution.
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# Open Questions Register
Questions that remain unresolved or contested. Link related entries in
`Claims.md`, `ThoughtExperiments.md`, and `concepts/` where helpful.
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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**Phase I update:** 2026-08-12 — several RQs refined; detail OQs from RN-005/006
indexed below.
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---
## RQ1 — What constitutes a Being?
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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**Phase I status:** refined, not closed.
Working answer: multi-layer profile (autonomous individuality + personhood +
addressability + recognition). Still open:
- Weighting and thresholds of B1–B8
- Observer-relative individuation without arbitrariness
- Nested levels (colony, collective, multi-Body)
Complete Deppert paper dialogue: Evolution des Bewusstseins Lock the Unitariertag 2009 PDF from Downloads/blog, reconstruct claims D-01–D-29, and write comparative commentary. Main result: strong support for open-system viability and nested life, serious challenge from defining Bewusstsein as survival-function coupling (false friend for Soul Frame consciousness/Mind). Feed findings into Claims, OpenQuestions, Terminology, and bibliography.
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- **Deppert dialogue:** are *kulturelle Lebewesen* (firms, states, clubs) living
beings in SF terms, or only nested systems with Social Beinghood filters?
(See paper-dialogues/001-deppert…)
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## RQ2 — What constitutes personhood?
Complete Phase III personhood (SOUL-WP-0004) Map descriptive personhood dimensions P1–P12, four kinds of personhood, and Character/Persona/Actor separations. Support H2/H8, judge TE-06, write phase-iii-personhood-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0004, and mark SOUL-WP-0005 ready.
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**Phase III status:** **working answer** — multidimensional descriptive profile
P1–P12; four kinds (descriptive/social/moral/legal); default = descriptive.
Remaining:
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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Complete Phase III personhood (SOUL-WP-0004) Map descriptive personhood dimensions P1–P12, four kinds of personhood, and Character/Persona/Actor separations. Support H2/H8, judge TE-06, write phase-iii-personhood-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0004, and mark SOUL-WP-0005 ready.
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- Weighting / sufficiency thresholds for Beinghood v0.2
- Moral and legal maps (explicitly deferred)
- Measurement methods for artificial systems
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## RQ3 — What constitutes a Mind?
Complete Phase II interaction (SOUL-WP-0003) Map model-based mind, co-adaptive social cognition, and recognition/social Beinghood into instruments and workstream notes. Support H3/H4/H7, judge TE-09, write phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0003, and mark SOUL-WP-0004 ready.
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**Phase II status:** model-based reading **supported** (H3); Social Mind SM1–SM8
architecture adopted provisionally. Remaining:
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
2026-08-12 00:55:09 +02:00
Complete Phase II interaction (SOUL-WP-0003) Map model-based mind, co-adaptive social cognition, and recognition/social Beinghood into instruments and workstream notes. Support H3/H4/H7, judge TE-09, write phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0003, and mark SOUL-WP-0004 ready.
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- Precise definition of “model” (OQ-055) — inclusive working def in concepts/mind.md
- Minimal apparatus for non-social vs social Mind
- Recursive depth for personhood (OQ-056)
- When common ground becomes collective Mind (OQ-067)
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Complete Deppert paper dialogue: Evolution des Bewusstseins Lock the Unitariertag 2009 PDF from Downloads/blog, reconstruct claims D-01–D-29, and write comparative commentary. Main result: strong support for open-system viability and nested life, serious challenge from defining Bewusstsein as survival-function coupling (false friend for Soul Frame consciousness/Mind). Feed findings into Claims, OpenQuestions, Terminology, and bibliography.
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**Paper dialogue (Deppert 2009):** strong false-friend risk — Deppert defines
*Bewusstsein* as coupling of survival functions. SF must not absorb that as
“consciousness” or as Mind wholesale. See
`research/paper-dialogues/001-deppert-evolution-des-bewusstseins/`.
Establish Soul Frame research repository and workplans Scaffold the research layout from the research program, add INTENT/SCOPE, research instruments, concept stubs, and SOUL-WP-0001–0008 phase workplans. Register the repo with State Hub under domain agents for hub-synced execution.
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## RQ4 — What constitutes a Soul?
Complete Phase VI research synthesis (SOUL-WP-0007) Produce concept crosswalk, claims consolidation, fiction conceptual laboratory, and paper-ready research-synthesis.md integrating phases I–V. Finish SOUL-WP-0007 and mark SOUL-WP-0008 ready for the Soul Frame paper draft.
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**Phase VI status:** relational operationalization **supported as direction** (H5);
boundary removed; Ghost may inherit Soul-relational structure without identity.
**Still open (paper-critical):**
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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Complete Phase VI research synthesis (SOUL-WP-0007) Produce concept crosswalk, claims consolidation, fiction conceptual laboratory, and paper-ready research-synthesis.md integrating phases I–V. Finish SOUL-WP-0007 and mark SOUL-WP-0008 ready for the Soul Frame paper draft.
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- Rename vs retain “Soul” (collision cost)
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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- Packaging: relations vs consequences vs both
Complete Phase VI research synthesis (SOUL-WP-0007) Produce concept crosswalk, claims consolidation, fiction conceptual laboratory, and paper-ready research-synthesis.md integrating phases I–V. Finish SOUL-WP-0007 and mark SOUL-WP-0008 ready for the Soul Frame paper draft.
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- Formal Cluster D depth beyond Phase V inheritance claim
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## RQ5 — How does identity persist?
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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**Phase I status:** structure clarified (Identity ≠ Continuity ≠ Lineage); open:
- Continuity weighting (OQ-043)
- Dormancy ontology (OQ-046/047)
- Fork rights and relationship branching (OQ-050/051)
- Ghost authority and gradual transition (OQ-052/053)
- Merge responsibility (OQ-054)
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## RQ6 — How does recognition create social beinghood?
Complete Phase II interaction (SOUL-WP-0003) Map model-based mind, co-adaptive social cognition, and recognition/social Beinghood into instruments and workstream notes. Support H3/H4/H7, judge TE-09, write phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0003, and mark SOUL-WP-0004 ready.
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**Phase II status:** **refined answer available** — recognition constitutive of
*social* Beinghood, not bare autonomous individuality; three senses fixed;
TE-09 judged. Remaining:
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
2026-08-12 00:55:09 +02:00
Complete Phase II interaction (SOUL-WP-0003) Map model-based mind, co-adaptive social cognition, and recognition/social Beinghood into instruments and workstream notes. Support H3/H4/H7, judge TE-09, write phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0003, and mark SOUL-WP-0004 ready.
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- Exact label policy for Beinghood v0.2 vs “autonomous individual”
- Minimal intentional vs social recognition conditions
- Moral/legal recognition deferred to Phase III
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## RQ7 — What is character?
Complete Phase III personhood (SOUL-WP-0004) Map descriptive personhood dimensions P1–P12, four kinds of personhood, and Character/Persona/Actor separations. Support H2/H8, judge TE-06, write phase-iii-personhood-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0004, and mark SOUL-WP-0005 ready.
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**Phase III status:** **working answer** — dispositional structure ≠ state ≠
persona ≠ identity; H8/TE-06 for multi-Persona. Remaining:
- Integration thresholds across masks
- Computational character beyond style mimicry (eval methods)
- Relation of Character to Sp./Gh. provenance (Phase V)
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## RQ8 — What kinds of artificial Being exist?
Complete Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (SOUL-WP-0006) Formalize Sp. evaluation dimensions and Gh. authority/governance; map law gaps without legal conclusions; support H9/H10; confirm TE-07. Write phase-v synthesis, finish SOUL-WP-0006, and mark SOUL-WP-0007 ready.
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**Phase V status:** **working answer** — Agent / Spirit / Ghost are provenance
and construction descriptors (H9 supported), combinable; Sp. public reflection;
Gh. authority-bound genealogy without automatic numerical identity (H10).
Remaining:
Complete Phase IV artificial beings (SOUL-WP-0005) Map agent architectures, memory/persistence mechanisms, and approximate-Being catalog onto Soul Frame vocabulary. Write phase-iv synthesis, strengthen H9 on the Agent/APE side, finish SOUL-WP-0005, and mark SOUL-WP-0006 ready.
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Complete Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (SOUL-WP-0006) Formalize Sp. evaluation dimensions and Gh. authority/governance; map law gaps without legal conclusions; support H9/H10; confirm TE-07. Write phase-v synthesis, finish SOUL-WP-0006, and mark SOUL-WP-0007 ready.
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- Display conventions for hybrids
- Candidate Being evaluation harnesses
- OQ-040 rare Gh. continuation claims
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## Cross-cutting
Complete Phase IV artificial beings (SOUL-WP-0005) Map agent architectures, memory/persistence mechanisms, and approximate-Being catalog onto Soul Frame vocabulary. Write phase-iv synthesis, strengthen H9 on the Agent/APE side, finish SOUL-WP-0005, and mark SOUL-WP-0006 ready.
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- Memory vs continuity thresholds (when does memory become continuity of a Being?)
- Vendor-held companion memory: constitutive continuity vs Continuity Bridge under custody
- Silent memory edit / semantic rollback as identity threats (OQ-MEM-02, OQ-MEM-05)
- Shared RAG across personas (OQ-MEM-01); multi-Body shared graphs
- Model upgrade with retained memory (OQ-MEM-03) — operational H6 tests
Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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- Operational / identity / social death / legacy interactions
- Law/governance map (Phase V/XII)
- Fiction as conceptual laboratory (Phase VI/XIII)
### Indexed OQs from research notes
| ID | Topic | Note |
|---|---|---|
| OQ-043–054 | Identity continuity governance | RN-005 |
| OQ-055–068 | Social mind / co-adaptation | RN-006 |
Complete Phase IV artificial beings (SOUL-WP-0005) Map agent architectures, memory/persistence mechanisms, and approximate-Being catalog onto Soul Frame vocabulary. Write phase-iv synthesis, strengthen H9 on the Agent/APE side, finish SOUL-WP-0005, and mark SOUL-WP-0006 ready.
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| OQ-MEM-01–06 | Agent memory architectures | Phase IV persistence map |
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Complete Phase II interaction (SOUL-WP-0003) Map model-based mind, co-adaptive social cognition, and recognition/social Beinghood into instruments and workstream notes. Support H3/H4/H7, judge TE-09, write phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0003, and mark SOUL-WP-0004 ready.
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## Resolved / refined (Phase I–II)
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Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002) Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims, bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003 ready for interaction research.
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| Item | Disposition | Pointer |
|---|---|---|
| Boundary belongs to Soul? | **No** — boundary to Being | RN-001 SF-C002 |
| Autonomy alone = Beinghood? | **No** | RN-003 principal falsification |
| Identity = memory dump? | **No** | RN-004/005 |
| Identity = Continuity? | **No** — may branch | Parfit; RN-004 |
| Soul = boundary? | **No** — Soul = relation | RN-001 §14 |
| Actor = Being? | **No** | H6; TE-04 |
Complete Phase II interaction (SOUL-WP-0003) Map model-based mind, co-adaptive social cognition, and recognition/social Beinghood into instruments and workstream notes. Support H3/H4/H7, judge TE-09, write phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0003, and mark SOUL-WP-0004 ready.
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| Mind = consciousness? | **No** — model-based control | H3; Phase II map |
| Co-adaptation = model exchange? | **No** — joint evolution via interaction | H4; RN-006 |
| Shared intentionality = Social Mind? | **No** — special case of cooperation | RN-006 |
| Recognition creates systemic Being? | **No** — creates/enables Social Beinghood | H7; TE-09 |
| Unrecognized intelligence impossible? | **No** — autonomy without social Beinghood | TE-09 |
Complete Phase III personhood (SOUL-WP-0004) Map descriptive personhood dimensions P1–P12, four kinds of personhood, and Character/Persona/Actor separations. Support H2/H8, judge TE-06, write phase-iii-personhood-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0004, and mark SOUL-WP-0005 ready.
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| Personhood = Beinghood? | **No** — H2; APE vs Being | Phase III |
| Character = Identity? | **No** | RN-004; Phase III |
| Persona = Being? | **No** — projection | H8; TE-06 |
| Descriptive personhood = moral/legal? | **No** — four kinds | Phase III |
Update OpenQuestions for Phase IV memory and agent findings
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| Generative agent = Being? | **No** — APE/proto-Being, heteronomous | Phase IV; Park et al. |
| Memory store = continuity? | **No** — conditions required | Phase IV persistence map |
| Model = Being? | **No** — Actor | H6; Phase IV |
Complete Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (SOUL-WP-0006) Formalize Sp. evaluation dimensions and Gh. authority/governance; map law gaps without legal conclusions; support H9/H10; confirm TE-07. Write phase-v synthesis, finish SOUL-WP-0006, and mark SOUL-WP-0007 ready.
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| Sp. = source person? | **No** — inspiration provenance | Phase V |
| Gh. fidelity = Gh. legitimacy? | **No** — authority required | H10; TE-07 |
| Gh. authority = numerical identity? | **No** — genealogy ≠ identity | RN-004; Phase V |
| Agent/Sp./Gh. exclusive kinds? | **No** — provenance descriptors | H9 |
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