# Related Work

Working notes toward the paper's related-work section. Organize by tradition and
map explicitly onto Soul Frame concepts.

## Clusters (seed)

- Systems theory and cybernetics
- Autopoiesis and operational closure
- Philosophy of mind and personal identity
- Cognitive science, predictive processing, theory of mind
- Sociology, recognition, intersubjectivity
- Personhood, moral status, legal personality
- AI agents, generative agents, digital humans
- Persona, character, performance studies
- Digital legacy, posthumous identity, grief tech
- Fiction and cultural precedents (e.g. Culture Minds)

## Crosswalk pointer

See concept files in `concepts/` and the concept matrix in `ResearchProgram.md` §5.