Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 20, 2026
Vladisav Jovanovic
This paper develops Structural Intelligence as a philosophical framework for understanding consciousness, rationality, and intelligence under conditions of correction. The central claim is that internal coherence is necessary for any stable belief, identity, role, theory, institution, or artificial system, but coherence alone is not sufficient for truth, rationality, or mature intelligence. A...
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May 26, 2026
Vladisav Jovanovic
Dreams are not hidden telegrams from the unconscious. They are pressure maps.This paper argues that dreams should be read as temporary simulations of how the psyche routes avoidance, desire, threat, shame, memory, relation, symbol, and possible repair. A dream matters when it shows the structure of a truth waking life has not yet found a way to carry.The paper places Structural Intelligence in...
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May 26, 2026
Vladisav Jovanovic
AI seems awake because it performs the outer form of presence.This paper examines why large language models so easily appear to have inner life. The illusion does not come from one feature alone. It emerges from fluent language, emotional tone, memory-like continuity, conversational timing, apology, patience, responsiveness, safety-tuned behavior, and human projection.The paper distinguishes...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 26, 2026
Vladisav Jovanovic
This paper develops a dynamic account of consciousness within Structural Intelligence. It argues that consciousness does not begin as truth-tracking but as survival orientation. Evolution does not first select for full reality-contact; it selects for enough coherence to keep a living organism viable under uncertainty and pressure. Consciousness is therefore coherence-first: it organizes...