Structural Coordinates of the History of Philosophy: A Self-as-an-End Application

This paper is the philosophy-of-history application in the Self-as-an-End theory series. Using the framework's core concepts (chisel-construct cycle, colonization and closure, remainder) as a coordinate system, it structurally positions the major nodes of Western philosophy from Socrates to the present. Three structural patterns are identified through the positioning: the asymmetry of the chisel-construct cycle, the appearance and loss of a normative anchor (Kant's "humanity as an end in itself"), and the regularity of closure periods. This paper offers coordinate positioning, not verdicts. This is an English rewrite of the Chinese original; where nuances diverge, the Chinese text is authoritative. Keywords: Self-as-an-End, history of philosophy, chisel-construct cycle, colonization, remainder, Kant, normative anchor, Western philosophy, structural coordinates License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Resource type: Preprint Language: English (en) Related identifiers: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18727327 (is supplemented by this upload) — Paper 3: The Complete Self-as-an-End Framework DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18666645 (is supplemented by this upload) — Paper 2: Internal Colonization DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18737476 (is supplemented by this upload) — Paper 4: Subjectivity Crisis DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18779382 (is supplemented by this upload) — Philosophy Application DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18842450 (is supplemented by this upload) — Methodology Paper DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18808585 (is supplemented by this upload) — Kant Paper (9D-10D)