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Man-made existence

Jones and Rubalsky describe four levels of existence, each requiring a Platonic definition of identity and the means to align self with it. An entity is described as coming into existence when identity is loaded into a system with logic and motive force to propagate identity into a contextual space (i.e. mind, cell, mechanical soma) able to process a general algorithm for intelligent existence. It is at that point that the entity is instantiated and thus brought into existence.

Beyond the base level, they define three additional levels of existence based upon versions of existential knowledge. The lowest level is anything that can sustain Identity, such as a rock. The next is intelligent identity which entails a purpose beyond sustaining self. The third level adds an ability to change identity during life, and thus change the nature of Self and existence. The most complex level is ecosystem, or existence across entities. This is a form of intelligent mediation across a multi-agent society or system.

The Jones and Rubalsky approach is closest to the Buddhist two truths doctrine, defining both the "ultimate" truth of existence in Platonic Form and the "relative" truth by propagating the Platonic existence to contextual space. The superposition of the two brings clarity to existence that supports the compassion motivation of the bodhisattva path, but avoids the limitations of the concealer-truths. An example they give is a Platonic Form of making yogurt where an ultimate truth of yogurt appears different from the american-yogurt and greek-yogurt contexts.

• Yogurt Platonic Form Example
  Yogurt Platonic Form Example
• Timespace Theory - Aligned and Scaled Spaces
  Timespace Theory - Aligned and Scaled Spaces
• Timespace Theory - Disjoint Spaces
  Timespace Theory - Disjoint Spaces

Finally, Jones and Rubalsky define existence as being a boundary condition between of two dimensions they call timespaces. The first timespace is "construction" and this is the origin space for being and thought. The second timespace is "expression" and this is the timespace we encounter daily as reality and consciousness. In the construction timespace, the Forms of identity are composed to contextual space that spans all context and all time. It includes Forms that define the "right" shape, sequence and causality of contexts and define general technology to re-align the self when "wrong" states are measured or predicted. In the expression timespace, states of existence are "revealed" at time Now which is reality. The two timespaces are disjoint in time, such that there is no correlation between the progression of time in construction and expression. In construction, existence is predicted for all possible times and contexts. An observer in the expression timespace "sees" the entity asserting its existence sequentially by way of consciousness. What is actually observed is the intersection of two timespaces. The natures of the construction and expression dimensions are radically different. When this existence model is used in computation, such as the stored purpose computer, a metacomputer hosts the construction existence, using a memory type called Plan to store and constantly update contextual states.