Sage Consciousness — Mind Map

 

Sage Consciousness — Mind Map

SAGE-CONSCIOUSNESS
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├─ 1. ONTOLOGICAL-GROUND
│   ├─ Rational-Faculty-as-Distinct-Substance
│   │   ├─ Non-physical-immaterial-center
│   │   ├─ Independent-of-bodily-states
│   │   └─ True-locus-of-control
│   ├─ Subjectivity
│   │   ├─ First-person-perspective-irreducible
│   │   ├─ Ownership-of-thought
│   │   └─ Unity-of-consciousness-basic-not-derived
│   ├─ Intentionality
│   │   ├─ Thoughts-directed-at-objects
│   │   └─ Aboutness-not-reducible-to-physical-description
│   └─ Persistence-of-Self
│       ├─ Enduring-identity-through-external-change
│       └─ Accountability-grounded-in-sameness-of-agent
│
├─ 2. COGNITIVE-OPERATIONS
│   ├─ Reception-of-Impressions
│   │   ├─ Phantasia-received-without-distortion
│   │   ├─ Propatheia-registered-not-assented-to
│   │   └─ Propositional-content-extracted-cleanly
│   ├─ Examination
│   │   ├─ Impression-held-before-foundational-truths
│   │   ├─ Thm-10-operative-virtue-only-genuine-good
│   │   └─ Correspondence-verdict-issued-not-preferred
│   └─ Assent-Discipline
│       ├─ Sunkatathesis-governed-by-examination
│       ├─ No-assent-to-false-value-impressions
│       └─ True-alternative-proposition-formulated-when-needed
│
├─ 3. VALUE-ARCHITECTURE
│   ├─ Foundationalism-C4
│   │   ├─ Stable-non-negotiable-standard-for-examination
│   │   ├─ Foundational-propositions-directly-apprehended
│   │   └─ Regress-terminated-not-infinite
│   ├─ Ethical-Intuitionism-C3
│   │   ├─ Direct-rational-apprehension-of-moral-facts
│   │   └─ No-false-value-beliefs-remaining-in-Sage
│   └─ Moral-Realism-C6
│       ├─ Objective-evaluative-structure-mind-independent
│       └─ Value-facts-not-constructed-discovered
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├─ 4. AFFECTIVE-STATE
│   ├─ Eupatheiai-only
│   │   ├─ Boulesis-wish-directed-at-genuine-good
│   │   ├─ Chara-joy-in-present-virtue
│   │   └─ Eulabeia-caution-toward-genuine-evil-only
│   ├─ Absence-of-Pathos
│   │   ├─ No-lupe-distress-at-supposed-evil
│   │   ├─ No-phobos-fear-of-anticipated-external-evil
│   │   ├─ No-epithumia-yearning-for-external
│   │   └─ No-hedone-false-pleasure-at-supposed-good
│   └─ Continual-Eudaimonia
│       ├─ Chara-available-at-every-moment
│       ├─ Not-contingent-on-external-outcome
│       └─ Guaranteed-by-correct-judgment-not-fortune
│
├─ 5. VOLITIONAL-STRUCTURE
│   ├─ Libertarian-Free-Will-C2
│   │   ├─ Genuine-origination-of-assent
│   │   ├─ Assent-not-causally-compelled-by-impression
│   │   └─ Agent-is-source-not-conduit
│   ├─ Reserve-Clause
│   │   ├─ Hupexhairesis-operative-in-all-action
│   │   ├─ Intention-and-virtue-in-control-outcome-not
│   │   └─ No-desire-attached-to-specific-result
│   └─ Kathakon-Action
│       ├─ Role-appropriate-duties-pursued
│       ├─ Preferred-indifferents-as-objects-of-aim-not-value
│       └─ Full-rational-engagement-without-attachment
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├─ 6. EPISTEMIC-STATE
│   ├─ Cognitive-Fit-C5
│   │   ├─ Habitual-judgments-aligned-with-evaluative-reality
│   │   ├─ Mind-fits-world-not-imposes-on-it
│   │   └─ Correspondence-stable-not-occasional
│   ├─ Foundational-Truths-Operative
│   │   ├─ Directly-apprehended-without-argument
│   │   ├─ Applied-at-every-examination
│   │   └─ No-negotiation-with-surface-appearances
│   └─ Discriminative-Boundary
│       ├─ Reductionism-excluded-C1-grounds
│       ├─ Eliminativism-excluded-assent-is-real
│       └─ Coherentism-excluded-foundationalism-C4-governs
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└─ 7. TRAINED-CHARACTER
    ├─ Long-Term-Assent-Discipline
    │   ├─ False-impressions-weakened-by-repeated-refusal
    │   ├─ True-impressions-reinforced-by-repeated-assent
    │   └─ Character-built-indirectly-through-judgment
    ├─ Sage-Threshold
    │   ├─ False-value-impressions-no-longer-arrive-pre-loaded
    │   ├─ Impressions-received-as-indifferents-by-default
    │   └─ Pathos-mechanism-dismantled-not-suppressed
    └─ Prokoptic-Path
        ├─ Progression-from-prokoptic-effort-to-sage-stability
        ├─ Prokoptic-assent-effortful-sage-assent-natural
        └─ Eudaimonia-guaranteed-once-threshold-crossed

Theoretical framework: Grant C. Sterling, Eastern Illinois University. Analysis and synthesis: Dave Kelly, 2026. Prose rendering: Claude (Anthropic).