The Multi-Layered Structure Hypothesis of Qualia: Subjective Experience as the Continuous Refinement of Biological Response
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 17, 2026 Shinichi Fukuyama
This paper proposes a multi-layered structure hypothesis of qualia, approaching the hard problem of consciousness — why physical processes are accompanied by subjective experience — from the standpoint of biological survival pressure. Rather than treating qualia as a singular mystery, this paper reframes them as the continuous refinement of biological response along the axis: DNA → cellular...