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| concepts | ||
| history | ||
| paper | ||
| research | ||
| sources | ||
| workplans | ||
| .custodian-brief.md | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .repo-classification.yaml | ||
| Claims.md | ||
| CLAUDE.md | ||
| INTENT.md | ||
| OpenQuestions.md | ||
| README.md | ||
| ResearchProgram.md | ||
| SCOPE.md | ||
| SoulFrameIntroduction.md | ||
| Terminology.md | ||
| ThoughtExperiments.md | ||
| WORK-RECORDS.md | ||
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
├── 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.
Status
Repository structure established; literature work not yet started. Conceptual draft
in SoulFrameIntroduction.md is provisional pending research.