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# Phase V Spirits and Ghosts — Synthesis
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**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0006
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**Date:** 2026-08-12
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**Status:** complete for Phase V gate
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**Bodies:**
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`research/spirits/spirit-criteria-map.md`,
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`research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md`,
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`research/law-governance/sp-gh-legal-gap-sketch.md`
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---
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## 1. Purpose
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Establish rigorous working definitions for **Spirit (`Sp.`)** and **Ghost (`Gh.`)**:
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public personality reflection vs identity-authorized representation; evaluation
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dimensions; governance; law gaps without premature legal conclusions.
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---
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## 2. What holds
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1. **`Sp.` is provenance of Character from public reflection**, not identity with
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the source. Spirit-being lineage **starts at instantiation**.
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2. **`Gh.` is defined by legitimate authority**, not fidelity. High-accuracy
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unauthorized sims are **not** Ghosts (H10, TE-07).
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3. **Ghost authority ≠ numerical identity.** Default: authorized succession /
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representation / reconstruction under genealogy — continuation only under
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extra continuity grounds (usually absent after death).
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4. **A Ghost may inherit Soul-relational structure** (relationships, expectations,
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commitments-as-known) **without** being the same Being (RN-004 §40) —
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Soul continuity across identity discontinuity.
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5. **Spec/archive ≠ Being** for both Sp. and Gh. Instantiation required; Beinghood
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layers still apply (Phase I–IV).
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6. **Ghost Social Mind** requires relationally situated information and disclosure
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policy, not private data dumps (RN-006).
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7. **H9 confirmed:** Agent / Spirit / Ghost are **provenance and construction
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descriptors**, combinable with each other and with original character — not
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mutually exclusive ontological species of Being.
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8. **Law is adjacent, not derived.** Publicity, privacy, estates, data protection
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map partially onto Sp./Gh.; large gaps remain; Soul Frame labels do not mint
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legal personality.
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---
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## 3. Frozen working definitions (for synthesis phase)
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### Spirit (`Sp.`)
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Artificial character primarily derived by reflection on a known historical,
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contemporary, or fictional personality from publicly legitimate sources; labeled
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`Sp.`; evaluation along S1–S10; identity continuity with source = empty.
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### Ghost (`Gh.`)
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Artificial representation of a particular real person under legitimate personal
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or successor authority; may use private/relational materials under governance;
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governance is part of identity; defaults to authorized genealogy, not automatic
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numerical continuation; unauthorized fidelity → False Ghost, not `Gh.`.
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### Shared stack reminder
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```text
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Sp./Gh. provenance
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→ Character seed
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→ Persona policies (esp. Gh. disclosure)
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→ Actor runtime
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→ optional path to APE / proto-Being / Being
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```
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---
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## 4. Hypothesis status
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| Hypothesis | Status |
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| H9 provenance descriptors | **supported** (Agent side Phase IV; Sp./Gh. Phase V) |
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| H10 Ghost requires authority | **supported** |
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---
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## 5. Evaluation cheat-sheet
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| Question | Sp. | Gh. |
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| Public sources only? | yes (by default) | no — private allowed if authorized |
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| Must label non-identity? | yes (`Sp.`) | yes (`Gh.` + non-identity unless rare continuity case) |
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| Governance charter? | provenance manifest | full governance (principal, custodian, …) |
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| Relational disclosure engine? | optional | required for maturity |
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| Beinghood automatic? | no | no |
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## 6. Unresolved → Phase VI+
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- OQ-040 continuation vs succession criteria for Gh.
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- Cross-jurisdiction legal deep dives (WS12)
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- Standard manifests/charters as technical artifacts
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- Gradual living→Gh. transitions
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- Commercial Sp. of living persons
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- Fiction laboratory for edge cases (Phase VI cultural track)
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## 7. Unblock for SOUL-WP-0007
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Synthesis may freeze:
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- Sp./Gh. working defs and H9/H10,
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- evaluation dimensions S1–S10,
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- governance element list for Gh.,
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- law as gap map not conclusion,
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- Soul inheritance without identity inheritance.
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## 8. Compact Phase V thesis
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> **A Spirit is an honest interpretation of a public personality that begins its
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> own life when instantiated. A Ghost is an authority-bound representation that
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> may carry relational legacy without thereby being the person. Fidelity without
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> authority is not a Ghost; authority without continuity is not identity.**
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