THE SPATULA AND THE SOVEREIGN MIND: KINETIC IDENTITY AND THE REFUTATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTINUIT

​ABSTRACT Western accounts of personal identity typically rely on either memory (Locke), bundles of perception (Hume), or psychological continuity (Parfit). This paper utilizes a phenomenological breach—the "Spatula Incident"—to argue that these models are insufficient for the "Fractured Agent." By introducing the Kinetic Pilot model and the equation A(B) = L > M, I propose that the "Self" is not an archive or a stream, but a Sovereign Possession forged through the strenuous effort of the "Try."