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Foundational Architecture of Psychological Functioning
The canonical skeleton of the proposed architecture, expressed as fifteen foundational propositions.
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Foundational Psychological Architecture.
Four connected papers presenting an author-developed conceptual framework for examining psychological functioning, orientation, recurrent updating and defence.
Scientific status
This collection is provisional conceptual work. It combines established findings, component-level evidence, framework integrations and explicit hypotheses. The collection itself has not been peer reviewed or empirically validated as an integrated model.
It is not a diagnostic system, validated treatment, clinical protocol or substitute for professional judgement. The papers identify their own evidential boundaries, non-claims and proposed tests in greater detail.
Collection structure
The documents are related but perform different functions. The sequence below is the recommended reading order; it is not a claim that the proposed architecture has been established as a scientific theory.
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Deep Orientation of the Psychological System
A detailed elaboration of dynamic self-world-future orientation, relational updating and background organisation.
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Continuous Inferential Flow in the Psychological System
An event-centred account of recurrent inference, activity-related information and continuous updating.
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Foundational Architecture of Psychological Defence
A proposed architecture of psychological defence, including target-neutral identification, rival explanations and a falsifiable research programme.
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