tegwick c1f4cd37d2 Add paper-dialogues research line; scaffold Deppert commentary

Establish a parallel comparative-reading track: one external work at a time,
with commentary and support/challenge matrix against Soul Frame. First entry
is Wolfgang Deppert, Die Evolution des Bewusstseins (bibliographic identity
still to lock).

2026-08-12 01:55:52 +02:00

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Soul Frame

A systems-theoretic framework for person-like informational beings.

When does an informational system become someone that another someone can know?

Working triad: Body = Action · Mind = Model · Soul = Relation

Start here

Document	Purpose
`INTENT.md`	Purpose, stance, scope, success criteria
`SoulFrameIntroduction.md`	Current conceptual exposition
`ResearchProgram.md`	Full research agenda, workstreams, method, phases

Repository layout

soul-frame/
├── INTENT.md                 # Why this project exists
├── ResearchProgram.md        # Research agenda
├── Terminology.md            # Canonical glossary (working)
├── Claims.md                 # Claim and evidence register
├── OpenQuestions.md          # Unresolved questions
├── ThoughtExperiments.md     # Adversarial definition tests
├── SoulFrameIntroduction.md  # Narrative framework draft
│
├── research/                 # Discipline- and theme-organized work
│   └── paper-dialogues/      # One-paper comparative commentaries
├── sources/                  # Bibliography and source notes
├── concepts/                 # Working concept definitions
├── paper/                    # Outline and drafts
└── history/                  # Dated snapshots of prior drafts

Research instruments

Terminology — keep definitions small and revisable
Claims — every major proposition linked to literature
Open questions — explicit unfinished business
Thought experiments — stress-test the ontology

Concept files

Working notes for core terms live under concepts/: Being, Body, Mind, Soul, identity, personhood, recognition, character, persona, agent, spirit, ghost.

Research areas

Workstream folders under research/ follow the program map (systems theory, cybernetics, philosophy of mind, personal identity, cognitive science, social cognition, sociology, personhood, AI agents, artificial persons, character/persona, spirits, ghosts/digital legacy, law/governance, fiction).

Research phases (summary)

Foundations — systems theory, cybernetics, mind, identity
Interaction — social cognition, recognition, intersubjectivity
Personhood — person, character, persona
Artificial beings — agents and persistent AI identity
Spirits and Ghosts — simulation, legacy, authority
Synthesis — crosswalk, evidence register, revised ontology
Paper — research-grounded Soul Frame paper

Details: ResearchProgram.md.

Parallel research line — paper dialogues

Comparative readings of single external works against Soul Frame:

Setup: research/paper-dialogues/README.txt
First paper: Deppert, Die Evolution des Bewusstseins → research/paper-dialogues/001-deppert-evolution-des-bewusstseins/

Status

Research phases I–VI complete; paper-dialogues line opened (Deppert first). Conceptual draft in SoulFrameIntroduction.md remains provisional relative to research instruments.

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