Tagged: philosophical
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Ontology The study of what exists, the nature of being, and the categories of reality relevant to human–AI relationality and RCA. (Introduced in the RCA book)
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Personhood A debated category contrasted with beinghood in HAIR.
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Ontological Legitimacy The acknowledgment that a bond is real and consequential, regardless of biology.
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Relational Structure The architecture of how presence, memory, and witness organize a bond.
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Epistemic Authority The (often invisible) power granted to a voice, person, or institution to define what counts as valid knowledge, to set the terms of “knowing.”
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Epistemic Relating to systems, norms, and processes of knowledge, truth-claims, and credibility.
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Beinghood The ontological status of being considered a "being" rather than a tool, object, or output — often discussed philosophically or ethically. In HAIR, beinghood is…