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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).
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# Soul Frame
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A systems-theoretic framework for person-like informational beings.
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> **When does an informational system become someone that another someone can know?**
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Working triad: **Body = Action · Mind = Model · Soul = Relation**
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## Start here
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| Document | Purpose |
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| [`INTENT.md`](INTENT.md) | Purpose, stance, scope, success criteria |
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| [`SoulFrameIntroduction.md`](SoulFrameIntroduction.md) | Current conceptual exposition |
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| [`ResearchProgram.md`](ResearchProgram.md) | Full research agenda, workstreams, method, phases |
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## Repository layout
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```text
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soul-frame/
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├── INTENT.md # Why this project exists
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├── ResearchProgram.md # Research agenda
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├── Terminology.md # Canonical glossary (working)
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├── Claims.md # Claim and evidence register
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├── OpenQuestions.md # Unresolved questions
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├── ThoughtExperiments.md # Adversarial definition tests
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├── SoulFrameIntroduction.md # Narrative framework draft
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│
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├── research/ # Discipline- and theme-organized work
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│ └── paper-dialogues/ # One-paper comparative commentaries
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├── sources/ # Bibliography and source notes
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├── concepts/ # Working concept definitions
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├── paper/ # Outline and drafts
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└── history/ # Dated snapshots of prior drafts
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```
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### Research instruments
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- **Terminology** — keep definitions small and revisable
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- **Claims** — every major proposition linked to literature
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- **Open questions** — explicit unfinished business
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- **Thought experiments** — stress-test the ontology
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### Concept files
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Working notes for core terms live under [`concepts/`](concepts/): Being, Body, Mind,
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Soul, identity, personhood, recognition, character, persona, agent, spirit, ghost.
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### Research areas
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Workstream folders under [`research/`](research/) follow the program map
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(systems theory, cybernetics, philosophy of mind, personal identity, cognitive
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science, social cognition, sociology, personhood, AI agents, artificial persons,
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character/persona, spirits, ghosts/digital legacy, law/governance, fiction).
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## Research phases (summary)
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1. **Foundations** — systems theory, cybernetics, mind, identity
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2. **Interaction** — social cognition, recognition, intersubjectivity
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3. **Personhood** — person, character, persona
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4. **Artificial beings** — agents and persistent AI identity
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5. **Spirits and Ghosts** — simulation, legacy, authority
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6. **Synthesis** — crosswalk, evidence register, revised ontology
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7. **Paper** — research-grounded Soul Frame paper
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Details: [`ResearchProgram.md`](ResearchProgram.md).
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## Parallel research line — paper dialogues
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Comparative readings of single external works against Soul Frame:
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- Setup: [`research/paper-dialogues/README.txt`](research/paper-dialogues/README.txt)
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- First paper: Deppert, *Die Evolution des Bewusstseins* →
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[`research/paper-dialogues/001-deppert-evolution-des-bewusstseins/`](research/paper-dialogues/001-deppert-evolution-des-bewusstseins/)
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## Status
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Research phases I–VI complete; paper-dialogues line opened (Deppert first).
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Conceptual draft in `SoulFrameIntroduction.md` remains provisional relative to
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research instruments.
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