Steresis, Metaxy, and Metaxis: Consciousness as a Response to Structural Fissure
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) March 13, 2026 Akira Hattori
This paper reconsiders the conditions under which conscious experience arises, challenging approaches that treat consciousness primarily as a capacity of the subject or as a form of information processing. It argues that when a coherence structure reaches a level of complexity that includes self-reference, complete closure becomes impossible and a structural gap inevitably emerges. This gap is...