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.

concepts/character.md

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 # Character
 
-**Status:** provisional  
-**See also:** RQ7, H8
+**Status:** revised (Phase III, 2026-08-12)  
+**See also:** RQ7, H8, RN-004, `research/character-persona/character-persona-performance-map.md`
 
 ## Working definition
 
 **Character** is a relatively persistent structure of dispositions from which
-context-dependent behavior emerges.
+context-dependent behavior tends to emerge.
 
-Distinct from:
+## Distinctions
 
-- **state** (fast-changing conditions),
-- **behavior** (contextual expression),
-- **role** / **persona** (situated projection),
-- **identity** (sameness of the Being over time).
+| Term | Role |
+|---|---|
+| State | Fast-changing conditions |
+| Behavior | Contextual expression |
+| Character | Slower dispositional structure |
+| Persona | Situated projection / mask |
+| Identity | Sameness of the Being over time |
 
-## Notes for research
+## Hard constraints (Phase I identity research)
 
-Artificial character should produce recognizable patterns across novel situations,
-not merely imitate vocabulary or mannerisms.
+- Character similarity ⇏ identity  
+- Character change ⇏ identity loss  
+
+Character is identity-*relevant*, not identity-defining.
+
+## Artificial quality bar
+
+Recognizable patterns across **novel** situations — not mere style mimicry.
+
+## Sources
+
+Personality psychology (traits; situation×disposition); narrative characterization
+(Schechtman; Ricoeur); Introduction §7; RN-004 §19.

concepts/persona.md

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 # Persona
 
-**Status:** provisional  
-**See also:** H8, TE-06
+**Status:** revised (Phase III, 2026-08-12)  
+**See also:** H8, TE-06, `research/character-persona/character-persona-performance-map.md`
 
 ## Working definition
 
-A **Persona** is the situated presentation of a Being within a particular context,
-purpose, role, and relationship.
+A **Persona** is the situated presentation of a Being (or APE) within a particular
+context, purpose, role, and relationship.
 
-Historical root: *persona* as mask.
+Historical root: *persona* as **mask**.
 
 **Persona = projection of a Being into context**
 
-A single Being can manifest many Personae while retaining identity continuity.
+Selects capabilities, knowledge, memories, role, style, disclosure boundaries,
+and manifestation surface for *this* interaction ecology.
 
-## Stack reminder
+## Stack
 
+```text
 Being ≠ Persona ≠ Character ≠ Actor
+```
+
+One Being can sustain many Personae without identity fragmentation when continuity
+and integration hold (**H8**).
+
+## Failure modes
+
+- Isolated persona memory/commitment islands → fragment risk  
+- Mask presented as separate Being → misrecognition  
+- Product “persona” reified as ontology → category error  
+
+## Sources
+
+Goffman presentation of self; role theory; avatar/virtual identity studies;
+Introduction §12; TE-06.

concepts/personhood.md

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 # Personhood
 
-**Status:** provisional  
-**See also:** H2, RQ2, APE in `Terminology.md`
+**Status:** revised (Phase III, 2026-08-12)  
+**See also:** H2, RQ2, APE, RN-003, `research/personhood/personhood-dimensions-map.md`
 
 ## Working definition
 
-**Personhood** describes the extent to which an entity exhibits properties commonly
-associated with persons. Multidimensional, not binary.
+**Personhood** is the multidimensional extent to which an entity exhibits
+properties commonly associated with persons (*someone-like* qualities).
 
-Unless explicitly qualified, Soul Frame uses personhood **descriptively**, not as
-moral or legal status.
+Unless qualified, Soul Frame uses personhood **descriptively** — not as moral or
+legal status.
 
-## Distinctions to maintain
+## Four kinds (do not collapse)
 
 | Kind | Focus |
 |---|---|
-| Descriptive personhood | Person-like capabilities and characteristics |
-| Social personhood | Recognition and treatment as a social counterpart |
-| Moral personhood | Status giving rise to moral consideration |
-| Legal personhood | Status created or recognized by legal systems |
+| **Descriptive** | Person-like capacities and structures (default) |
+| **Social** | Treatment as social counterpart |
+| **Moral** | Moral consideration / duties |
+| **Legal** | Legal personality and rights/duties |
+
+## Descriptive profile (P1–P12)
+
+| ID | Dimension |
+|---|---|
+| P1 | Self-model |
+| P2 | Other-model |
+| P3 | Relationship model |
+| P4 | Character |
+| P5 | Intentional organization |
+| P6 | Autobiographical integration |
+| P7 | Perspective (entity-relative; not solved consciousness) |
+| P8 | Commitments |
+| P9 | Social reciprocity |
+| P10 | Communicative competence |
+| P11 | Responsibility-tracking |
+| P12 | Value / preference structure |
+
+Profile, not binary checklist.
+
+## Three axes
+
+```text
+A — Autonomous individuality
+B — Descriptive personhood
+C — Social recognition
+```
+
+High B without A → strong **APE**, not necessarily **Being**.  
+High A without B → autonomous individual (e.g. daemon), not someone-like Being.
 
 ## Relation to Being
 
-Personhood concerns qualities exhibited.  
-Beinghood concerns whether qualities cohere into an identifiable, persistent system
-recognized as an individual counterpart.
+Personhood = qualities exhibited.  
+Beinghood v0.2 = autonomy layer + sufficient personhood + addressability + recognition.
+
+## APE
+
+**Artificial Personhood-Exposing Entity** — constructed to expose ≥1 personhood
+dimensions. Construction category, not moral/legal person claim.
+
+## Sources
+
+RN-003; Locke; Dennett cluster concepts; Schechtman characterization question;
+Phase II recognition for social personhood; moral/legal only as boundary literature.