This is the first formal academic exposition of the "Root-Worldline Framework," which proposes a physical foundation for explaining the ownership of first-person perspective in conscious systems. Priority and Timestamp Certification · The core framework was first publicly presented on Zhihu on January 24, 2026.· The original content was legally certified with a trusted timestamp from the Joint Trust Timestamp Service Center (China) on January 26, 2026 (Certificate No: TSA-01-20260126491931931).· This version represents the first systematic and scholarly elaboration of the idea. Manuscript Status This work addresses the "Problem of Individuation" in consciousness studies and is currently under peer review. Keywords: consciousness; individuation; self; first-person perspective; ownership; worldline; philosophy of mind
BO PANG (Sat,) studied this question.