C W Anderson

2 papers in the library · publishing 2026

Papers

Beyond the Interface: Decoherence, the Interaction Problem, and the Ground of Personal Consciousness

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) July 16, 2026 C W Anderson

Decoherence is not a spacetime-internal mechanism but a one-directional interface event that converts quantum possibilities into classical outcomes, dissolving the measurement problem more thoroughly than previously argued. The hard problem of consciousness—why first-person experience exists at all—cannot be resolved by any account grounding reality in impersonal structure, such as configuration space. A personal, necessary, atemporal ground is required as the framework's completion rather than an arbitrary addition. The argument extends a category-mistake analysis from the preceding paper to the interaction problem in philosophy of mind, maintaining that epistemic honesty demands this step rather than stopping short.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21396614 Consciousness Argument complex analysis Spacetime Quantum decoherence +15

Beyond the Interface Part 2

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) June 30, 2026 C W Anderson

Decoherence is not a mechanism inside spacetime but a one-directional interface event that converts instruments, and this reframing dissolves the measurement problem more completely than previously indicated. The hard problem of consciousness—why first-person experience exists at all—cannot be resolved by any account that grounds reality in an impersonal structure, such as configuration space. A personal, necessary, atemporal ground is required as the framework's completion. The argument extends the category-mistake argument from the preceding paper to the interaction problem in philosophy of mind, and epistemic honesty demands this further step rather than stopping short.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21075990 Quantum decoherence Observer physics Argument complex analysis Spacetime +15