Beyond foundational consciousness models: The Beral layer as a mediating structure and an irreversible three-stage model of qualia generation
AIP Advances April 22, 2026 Masashi Awata
Recent theoretical approaches have renewed attention to the idea that consciousness should be understood not as a by-product of physical processes but as a foundational aspect of reality itself. Panpsychism, foundational consciousness models, and related field-theoretic approaches share a common commitment to treating consciousness as cosmologic fundamental rather than an emergent one. However,...