soul-frame/concepts/soul.md
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# Soul
**Status:** provisional / under review
**Working gloss:** Soul = Relation
## Working definition
The **Soul** is the evolving relational boundary through which a Being develops
identity, relationships, history, commitments, provenance, reputation, and
persistent influence in its environment.
It is not identical with the environment; it is the coupling boundary and the
persistent consequences of interactions across that boundary.
## Notes for research
- Informational, not metaphysical, reading of persistence/"eternity".
- A Being may cease operating while influence continues (legacy).
- High terminology collision risk; retention requires explanatory payoff.
## Structural ambiguity to resolve
Does Soul name:
1. the boundary itself,
2. the relational structures crossing the boundary,
3. the accumulated consequences of those interactions,
4. or a carefully defined combination?