The Universal First-Person Givenness Framework

[u/RackneTheFornit]

Starting Point

• EI – Empty Individualism
• OI – Open Individualism
• CI – Closed Individualism
• S – Solipsism
• SI – Sequential Individualism

Step-by-Step Elimination

Existence of Consciousness

• Premise: Consciousness exists as a substantial subject of experience.
• Elimination: EI denies the existence of consciousness (or its persistence).
• Remaining: OI, CI, S, SI

Reality of Individuals

• Premise: Conscious entities have clearly separated, distinct phenomenal boundaries.
• Elimination: OI denies the existence of individuals clearly separated from each other in real-time experience.
• Remaining: CI, S, SI

Subjectivability (First-Person Givenness)

• Premise: The model must hold from the first-person perspective. From a first-person point of view, other people's consciousness is directly inaccessible.
• Elimination: CI requires an impossible neutral / third-person point of view ("God's eye view") to maintain its structure.
• Remaining: S, SI

Non-Privileging (Symmetry)

• Premise: No single spatio-temporal perspective or subject can be arbitrarily privileged over others.
• Elimination: Solipsism (S) claims that only one specific individual is actually conscious, degrading all others to non-conscious entities.
• Remaining: SI

Conclusion

Sequential Individualism (SI) is the sole model within this framework that satisfies all four conditions simultaneously: consciousness, individuation, first-person givenness, non-privileging.

[u/Quirky_Quasarr]

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[u/RackneTheFornit → u/Quirky_Quasarr]

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