The Ghost Not: Additional Materials, Links and References

This page gathers supplementary material for 2: The Ghost Not. It keeps the original structure while removing outdated link lists and contact details. Each item below is presented as a standalone reference point. Modern versions of these topics can be published as dedicated pages.

This is part of Reciprocality.

Additional Materials

The Ghost Not – Key Points

A concise summary of the Ghost Not concept, intended as a fast orientation before reading the full paper.

Thoughts on Improving the Presentation

Notes on how the core idea can be explained more clearly, including alternative framings and presentation choices.

Multi-Dimensional Critical Thinking

A parallel treatment of the same underlying problem: how reasoning can become trapped in a distorted logical field. Originally presented as a translated paper.

Some Comments

Discussion and interpretation of the multi-dimensional critical thinking framework, with observations connecting it back to the Ghost Not model.

Motivational Inversion

Explores the idea that a distorted logical field can invert moral and practical meanings, turning constructive drives into their opposites and confusing categories that should remain distinct.

Ghost Not Ethics

Notes on what happens to ethics when objective reality is treated as optional, and when social compliance replaces truth-testing.

Links

The original page contained an external link list. For publication today, those items are better handled as separate “Further reading” pages with current citations and stable references. This section is preserved as a placeholder so the site structure remains consistent.

References

Laing, R. D.

Knots
Penguin

Laing documented the recurring logical tangles people create in everyday language. The Ghost Not frames these tangles as symptoms of a deeper blind spot in reasoning.

Laing, R. D.

The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise
Penguin

A critique of how ordinary life can become psychologically and socially distorted. The reference is used here for its description of human experience under coercive, reality-denying conditions.

Spencer-Brown, George

Laws of Form
E. P. Dutton
ISBN 0-525-47544-3

The formal notation used in 2: The Ghost Not is drawn from this work. It is cited as a foundational influence on how indication, distinction, and self-reference can be represented with precision.