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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "Internal World (The Self)"
Split Justification: The Internal World involves both mental processes (**Cognitive Sphere**) and physical experiences (**Somatic Sphere**). (Ref: Mind-Body Distinction)
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From: "Somatic Sphere"
Split Justification: The Somatic Sphere encompasses all physical aspects of the self. These can be fundamentally divided based on whether they are directly accessible to conscious awareness and subjective experience (e.g., pain, touch, proprioception) or whether they operate autonomously and beneath the threshold of conscious perception (e.g., heart rate, digestion, cellular metabolism). Every bodily sensation, state, or process falls into one of these two categories, making them mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive.
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From: "Conscious Somatic Experience"
Split Justification: Conscious somatic experiences can be fundamentally divided based on whether their primary focus is on the body's internal condition, physiological state, or spatial configuration (e.g., hunger, proprioception, pain from an organ, fatigue) or whether they are primarily concerned with the body's interaction, contact, or perception of stimuli from the external environment (e.g., touch, temperature, pressure, pain from an external source). These two categories are mutually exclusive as an experience's primary referent is either internal or external to the body's boundary, and comprehensively exhaustive as all conscious somatic experiences fall into one of these two fundamental domains.
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From: "Awareness of External Bodily Interactions"
Split Justification: ** All conscious somatic experiences focused on external interactions can be fundamentally categorized by whether the body is actively initiating and controlling the interaction with the environment (e.g., touching, grasping, applying pressure, manipulating objects) or whether it is passively receiving stimuli or impacts from the external environment (e.g., being touched, feeling ambient temperature, experiencing external pressure or impact). This distinction precisely separates experiences by the primary locus of agency in the interaction, making the categories mutually exclusive, and together they cover the entire scope of awareness of external bodily interactions, thus being comprehensively exhaustive.
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From: "Awareness of Active External Bodily Engagement"
Split Justification: Active external bodily engagement can be fundamentally divided based on whether the conscious somatic experience primarily concerns the body's self-initiated movement through space and its dynamic orientation within the broader environment, or whether it primarily concerns the body's direct, focused interaction with and manipulation of specific external objects or surfaces. These two domains are mutually exclusive as the primary locus of active somatic awareness is either the body's global relationship to its environment or its localized interaction with discrete external entities. Together, they comprehensively cover all forms of awareness of active external bodily engagement.
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From: "Awareness of Active Object and Surface Manipulation"
Split Justification: All conscious somatic experiences of actively manipulating objects and surfaces can be fundamentally divided based on whether the primary conscious awareness of the manipulation is directed towards gathering sensory information about the object's inherent properties (e.g., feeling its texture, shape, temperature, weight) or towards performing an action to achieve a specific external outcome or effect a change in the object or environment (e.g., writing, building, lifting, operating tools). These two categories are mutually exclusive, as the predominant purpose of the active somatic engagement at any given moment aligns with either exploring for information or acting for a goal, and together they comprehensively cover the entire scope of awareness of active object and surface manipulation.
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From: "Awareness of Active Manipulation for Sensory Exploration"
Split Justification: ** All conscious somatic experiences of actively manipulating objects and surfaces for sensory exploration can be fundamentally divided based on whether the primary conscious awareness is directed towards gathering sensory information about the object's inherent properties that are perceived at its direct interface or superficial layer (e.g., texture, temperature, localized pressure, vibration), or towards properties that describe its overall structural, spatial, or material characteristics, often requiring bodily movement, grasp, and integration of sensory inputs (e.g., shape, size, weight, rigidity, contours, spatial orientation). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive as the primary informational focus of the active manipulation aligns with either surface qualities or integrated structural qualities, and comprehensively exhaustive as all inherent object properties explored through active manipulation fall into one of these two fundamental categories of haptic information.
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From: "Awareness of Active Manipulation for Surface-Level Haptic Qualities"
Split Justification: All conscious somatic experiences of actively manipulating objects for surface-level haptic exploration can be fundamentally divided based on whether the primary information gathered relates to the inherent physical arrangement, textural properties, or mechanical resistance of the surface material (e.g., texture, hardness/softness, friction, localized deformation), or whether it relates to the dynamic energetic states, such as its thermal condition, or rapid mechanical oscillations present at the surface (e.g., temperature, vibration). These two categories are mutually exclusive, as the predominant haptic focus is either on the static or resistant material structure, or on its dynamic energetic/oscillatory properties. Together, they comprehensively cover the entire scope of surface-level haptic qualities explored through active manipulation.
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From: "Awareness of Surface Material Configuration and Resistance"
Split Justification: All conscious somatic experiences of actively manipulating objects for surface-level haptic exploration of material configuration and resistance can be fundamentally divided based on whether the primary conscious awareness is directed towards the spatial layout, geometric characteristics, and textural patterns of the surface (e.g., roughness, smoothness, granularity, repeating patterns) or towards the material's intrinsic physical responses to applied forces (e.g., hardness, softness, compliance, friction, stickiness, localized deformation). These two categories are mutually exclusive, as topographical features describe the surface's form and arrangement, while mechanical properties describe its resistance and deformability. Together, they comprehensively cover all aspects of surface material configuration and resistance perceived through active manipulation.
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From: "Awareness of Surface Topographical Features"
Split Justification: ** All conscious somatic experiences of actively manipulating objects for awareness of surface topographical features can be fundamentally divided based on whether the primary conscious awareness is directed towards the fine-grained variations, micro-scale irregularities, and textural details of the surface (e.g., roughness, smoothness, granularity, fine patterns) or towards the larger-scale spatial configuration, overall form, and macro-geometric characteristics of the surface (e.g., curvature, flatness, edges, slopes, large repeating patterns). These two categories are mutually exclusive, as the perceived topographical features are either predominantly micro-structural or macro-structural in scale and detail, and comprehensively exhaustive, as all topographical features accessible through active manipulation exist at some perceivable scale falling into one of these two fundamental domains.
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From: "Awareness of Fine-Scale Surface Texture and Micro-Geometry"
Split Justification: ** All conscious somatic experiences of actively manipulating objects for awareness of fine-scale surface texture and micro-geometry can be fundamentally divided based on whether the primary conscious awareness is directed towards the identification and characterization of discrete, distinguishable elements, irregularities, or repeating patterns present at the micro-scale of the surface (e.g., roughness, granularity, fine ridges, interwoven fibers) or towards the perception of a continuous, even surface characterized by the absence of such distinct elements and variations, leading to a sensation of smoothness and overall homogeneity (e.g., slickness, polished surfaces, uniform featureless feel). These two categories are mutually exclusive, as haptic perception at this scale is either differentiating specific micro-features or integrating inputs into a uniform, featureless quality. Together, they are comprehensively exhaustive, as all fine-scale surface topographical information perceived through active manipulation will fall into one of these two fundamental perceptual domains.
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Topic: "Awareness of Fine-Scale Surface Smoothness and Homogeneity" (W6185)