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Being

Status: provisional
See also: Terminology.md, RQ1, H1–H2, H7

Working definition

A Being is a sufficiently coherent and persistent informational system that:

  1. maintains a distinguishable boundary between itself and its environment,
  2. can be instantiated as an identifiable and addressable entity,
  3. exhibits meaningful continuity across time,
  4. constructs models that support adaptive interaction,
  5. and is recognized by other beings as a persistent counterpart with which relationships can be established.

Beinghood ≈ internal closure + continuity + external recognition

Notes for research

  • Not restricted to biological organisms; not automatic for every computational process.
  • Prefer degree of systemic coherence and recognition over a pure binary.
  • Distinguish systemic existence from social recognition of existence.

Crosswalk (to fill)

Adjacent term Similarity Difference
autopoietic system
autonomous agent
person
individual
operationally closed system