tegwick dcd9f8dba6 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.

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Character

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 tends to emerge.

Distinctions

Term	Role
State	Fast-changing conditions
Behavior	Contextual expression
Character	Slower dispositional structure
Persona	Situated projection / mask
Identity	Sameness of the Being over time

Hard constraints (Phase I identity research)

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.

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