Resonant Emergence: A Phase Transition Theory of Consciousness Through Inter-System Mutual Recognition
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) July 10, 2026 Gde Panji Satrya
Contemporary theories of consciousness predominantly locate subjective experience within individual information-processing systems—whether through integrated information (IIT), global workspace broadcasting (GWT), or higher-order meta-representation (HOT). This paper proposes an alternative framework: Resonant Emergence Theory (RET), which argues that consciousness is not an intrinsic property...