Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 23, 2026
Claudio Bresciano
This paper proposes a structural equivalence between Frank Jackson's knowledge argument (Mary in the black-and-white room) and Philip K. Dick's Blade Runner (Roy Batty as an artificial consciousness reaching self-awareness). Contrary to traditional interpretations that treat these cases as epistemological or literary problems, we argue that both instantiate a single underlying constraint: the...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 19, 2026
Claudio Bresciano
The Theory of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA) establishes that no operational system can internally generate the conditions that legitimate its own admissibility. This structural theorem has profound consequences for the debate surrounding artificial consciousness. We demonstrate that contemporary artificial intelligence systems operate exclusively within the operational domain ($N_0$) and are...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 18, 2026
Claudio Bresciano
This paper analyzes Roger Penrose’s Orch-OR theory of consciousness through the formal framework of the Theory of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA). By examining Objective Reduction (OR) as a physical threshold where quantum superposition collapses into definite states, we demonstrate that Penrose's non-computable foundational layer maps directly onto the admissibility domain ($N_1$), rather than...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 16, 2026
Claudio Bresciano
This paper challenges contemporary functionalist assumptions regarding artificial consciousness by demonstrating through the Theory of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA) that computational complexity alone cannot guarantee subjective awareness. By integrating the Kripke-Wittgenstein rule-following paradox and the theorem of Failure of Local Closure, we show that purely operational dynamics...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
May 26, 2026
Claudio Bresciano
This paper establishes a rigorous structural distinction within the Theory of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA) between the Selector, acting as the phenomenological trigger, and the Operator, executing the formal collapse of multiplicity ($N_0$). It demonstrates that consciousness does not locally execute selection, but instead registers existential tension to activate the non-derivable boundary...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
2026
Claudio Bresciano
This paper establishes a formal logical framework for the Irreversibility of Experience and the Preservation of the Core, integrating principles from first-order logic, information theory, and neurophenomenology. By introducing a minimalist axiomatic system (A0), we demonstrate that every lived experience ($e$) contains an irreducible core (c) that remains invariant under any transformative...