La Profilée - The Human Person as a Structural System

Paper 89 established that personal identity is structurally determinate under La Profilée’s (LP) persistence condition IR = R / (F·M·K) ≤ 1, and identified the operationalization of Frame (F) for persons as an open question. This paper closes that question in three steps. First, F, M, K, and R are operationalized for the human person with a concrete indicator set: F as self-referential structural integration, M as transformation-processing capacity, K as coupling coherence between Frame and Module, and R as total transformation load. Each variable is defined with independently observable indicators satisfying the Operational Closure Principle. Second, the operationalization is grounded in empirical developmental psychology. Luyckx et al. ’s (2008) dual-cycle model of identity formation and Marcia’s (1966/Kroger & Marcia, 2011) identity status framework provide a well-validated empirical base from which F, M, K, and R can be independently estimated. The adolescent identity crisis — the transition from Moratorium to Identity Achievement — is analyzed as a structural case: IR rises above 1, F remains above Fcrit* throughout, and IR returns to ≤ 1 at reintegration. LP’s verdict (same person throughout) is structurally derived and contrasted with Parfit’s framework, which cannot account for the persistence verdict without additional stipulation. Third, structural phenomena — mental illness, development, identity crisis, and death — are shown to be unified configurations of F, M, K, and R rather than independent categories. The result is a complete, empirically grounded structural account of personal persistence. The human person is not an exception to the LP persistence condition. It is its most revealing case.