Key result
Souljourner architecture establishes a theoretical framework for interior coherence pending future empirical validation.
This paper proposes a theoretical, non-clinical architecture for measuring interior coherence, providing a foundation for future empirical validation.
Theoretical framework for coherence awaits testing; leaves open empirical validation in cardiovascular cohorts.
This manuscript formalizes interior coherence as a structurally invariant, substrate-agnostic scientific construct within the Standard Coherence Fidelity Layer (SCFL) framework, integrating Technical Canons I–III of the Souljourner canon. The architecture defines interior coherence through a 10-dimensional signal basis and four deterministic operators: Reflective Alignment (A_r), Narrative Stability (N_s), Attentional Drift (D_a), and Micro-Rupture Detection (R_µ). State evolution is governed by an interior Lyapunov stability condition (V̇_int ≤ 0) and quantified via coherence half-life (τ½). A three-tier architecture (Tier 1: Foundations; Tier 2: Measurement and Dynamics; Tier 3: Domain Applications) organizes interior primitives, measurement logic, dynamic invariants, and cross-domain application pathways into a single SCFL-aligned structure. The manuscript introduces six falsifiable hypotheses (H1–H6), an eight-stage measurement pipeline from raw observations to dashboard outputs, a current maturity assessment table for all six hypotheses, and a formalized cross-scale propagation chain (Interior → Behavioral → Group → Institution; C_group = k_p · C_interior) with bounded propagation coefficients. Calibration protocols address recalibration triggers, missing data handling, and uncertainty propagation. Operational determination of the interior attractor (x_inv) is specified as an individually calibrated 30-day baseline centroid. The Lyapunov stability condition is grounded in the phase-space framework of Strogatz (1994) and the rupture detection criterion is formally analogous to the critical-transition early-warning framework of Scheffer et al. (2009). The architecture is explicitly non-clinical, non-diagnostic, and non-typological; all measurement is structural, not psychological. This manuscript establishes the theoretical architecture; empirical validation is deferred to a five-phase research agenda outlined in Section 12.2. Part of the UCMS Canon.
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Ronald Brogdon (2026) studied this question. Souljourner Architecture was evaluated. The Souljourner architecture formalizes interior coherence as a structurally invariant scientific construct, establishing a theoretical framework with empirical validation deferred to future research.
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