Tatsuya Hanabuchi

[ The PDF version may be found here . ]  Abstract This article provides a 7-layer framework for human thought and civilization. Layer 1, The World and Cosmos, explores cosmological, metaphysical, and ontological frameworks—how different traditions understand the origin, nature, and structure of reality. Layer 2, Perception, Communication, and Language, explores how humans perceive reality, construct symbols, and communicate meaning — including language, gesture, image, and sound. Layer 3, Human Being and Life, explores conceptions of the human being (biological, spiritual, psychological, philosophical) across cultures, including medicine and embodiment. Layer 4, Ethics and Meaning, explores systems of value, responsibility, and purpose; moral philosophy, religious law, dharma, dao, communal norms. Layer 5, Technology and Artificial Systems, explores human-made tools and systems—material, symbolic, algorithmic — including digital technologies and artificial intelligence. Layer 6, So...

[ The PDF version may be found here . ]    Abstract This paper develops a formal symbolic logic framework to distinguish between three modes of epistemic transmission in symbolic systems: transformation, appropriation, and theft. Without relying on concrete cultural or historical cases, we model symbolic systems as tuples of signs, relations, ontologies, and meta-structures. We define precise logical and ontological conditions under which symbolic operations preserve, distort, or erase referential integrity and canonical functions. Building on this, we propose an ethical evaluation function that rigorously adjudicates the legitimacy of symbolic inheritance. The framework further introduces the notions of symbolic sovereignty and meta-authority, clarifying how epistemic power shapes the boundaries of legitimate knowledge transmission. Finally, we explore meta-theoretical implications such as identity drift, epistemic displacement, and conceptual sovereignty. This case-free appr...

========================================================================== When Gravity Paused: A Family's Account from Saitama - The Meow Work Times ========================================================================== By D.T. (Donald "Tenkomori") Warosu, Jr., Special Correspondent SAITAMA CITY, Japan — At precisely 2:16 p.m. on the afternoon of June 12, a modest second-floor apartment in northern Saitama experienced what has since been classified as a Localized Gravitational Deviation Event (LGDE). Inside, the Imada family had just finished lunch. What happened next lasted only 47 seconds. But it changed their understanding of the world — and perhaps the world's understanding of itself. "The chopsticks didn't fall," said Yuki Imada, 34, a freelance translator and mother of two. "That's the part I keep returning to. The table shook — but the chopsticks just... hovered. Mid-air. Upright. Like they were waiting." Her husband, Hiroto, re...

Professor Kamo mistook the fire drill for an invitation to speak. The conference hall had emptied in a wave of politely frantic motion—alarms blinking apologetically from the ceiling like electronic shame. Somewhere, a voice looped, "This is only a drill," in three languages. But Kamo, resplendent in his taupe tweed and facial expression of pre-emptive reverence, wandered toward the stage. Perhaps it was the quiet. Perhaps it was the spotlight, triggered by motion. Or perhaps — more precisely — it was his 'System 1', trained over decades to interpret confusion as an invitation to perform. He adjusted the mic, which was off. He cleared his throat, which wasn't. He began. "Ladies and gentlemen—no—entities, possibly non-binary intelligences, forgive me. We gather now at the precipice of post-causal uncertainty." Only the cleaning drone near the back acknowledged him with a polite whir. He continued. "You may ask: Where are we going? What is epistemolog...