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# Being
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**Status:** provisional
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**See also:** `Terminology.md`, RQ1, H1–H2, H7
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## Working definition
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A **Being** is a sufficiently coherent and persistent informational system that:
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1. maintains a distinguishable boundary between itself and its environment,
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2. can be instantiated as an identifiable and addressable entity,
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3. exhibits meaningful continuity across time,
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4. constructs models that support adaptive interaction,
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5. and is recognized by other beings as a persistent counterpart with which
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relationships can be established.
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Beinghood ≈ **internal closure + continuity + external recognition**
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## Notes for research
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- Not restricted to biological organisms; not automatic for every computational process.
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- Prefer degree of systemic coherence and recognition over a pure binary.
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- Distinguish systemic existence from social recognition of existence.
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## Crosswalk (to fill)
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| Adjacent term | Similarity | Difference |
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|---|---|---|
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| autopoietic system | | |
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| autonomous agent | | |
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| person | | |
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| individual | | |
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| operationally closed system | | |
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