Self-as-an-End: A Methodological Overview — The Chisel-Construct Cycle: Derivation, Method, Application, and AI Interface

Full bilingual text and framework available at self-as-an-end.net — Framework reference: self-as-an-end.net/framework.html This paper is the methodological overview of the Self-as-an-End framework — the entire framework compressed into an executable logical operating system. Chapter 1 derives the chisel-construct cycle from the first cut (1D) through 16DD (mutual non dubito), closing at the thing-in-itself, then traces back to 0D (hundun). Chapter 2 presents the universal methodology: identification, operation, boundaries, colonization detection, and the distinction between cultivation and chiseling. Chapter 3 demonstrates the methodology through concrete examples. Chapter 4 engages in dialogue with four traditions in the history of logic — Aristotle, Hegel, Frege-Russell-Gödel, and Wittgenstein. Chapter 5 provides an AI-era interface: a demonstration prompt enabling AI to serve as a construct-library, along with a structural analysis of AI's limitations. Chinese and English versions included. V2 Revision Notes This version makes two consistency revisions to V1: One. A new §1.2 "Two Systems in Correspondence: D and DD" is inserted, providing the authoritative correspondence between the D series (coarse-grained grouping) and the DD series (fine-grained single cuts). The shared region 1D–4D coincides completely with 1DD–4DD; after the bifurcation, each D collects two adjacent DDs. This section serves as the citation baseline for all subsequent SAE papers. Two. The mixed notation in V1 §1.2 (now §1.3 in V2) — "1D / 2D / 3D / 4DD" — has been cleaned up. This version uses DD as the standard fine grain throughout, with double-labels of the form "1DD (= 1D)" within the shared region. Section renumbering: V1 §§1.2–1.8 are renumbered as V2 §§1.3–1.9. Chapters 2–5 are stable in content; the demonstration prompt in §5.2 has been updated to use cleaned DD notation. Errors in the 5D–10D region of several earlier SAE applied papers — particularly the placement of self-awareness at 8D rather than 9D, and the collapse of the distinction between 15DD and 16DD into a single 10D layer — will be revised against the table in §1.2 in subsequent updates.