From Matter to Observer, Not Yet to Subject. Recursive Self-Localisation as an Operational Information-Geometric Research Programme.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 6, 2026 Marco Gericke
The mind–body problem is often framed as a choice between substance dualism and the reduction of mind to brain activity. This paper argues that physics can contribute more precisely by separating two transitions that are commonly conflated: from matter to a physically situated observer, and from observer to phenomenal subject. The first may be amenable to physical and information-theoretic...