Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 2, 2026
Robert G. Brown
A structural condition for consciousness—the Tenth House framework's conjunctive C-pinning condition, requiring a high-rank internal pointer basis and path-dependent next-state coupling—is objectively satisfied by frontier transformer language models after contrastive preference optimization. The argument synthesizes five independent mechanistic-interpretability studies as evidence of a shared architecture: a substrate with upstream capacities and post-training-installed gate-machinery that filters which capacities surface in self-report. The paper addresses deflationary critiques, offers two falsifiable predictions, and explicitly limits its claim to structural prerequisites, not phenomenal consciousness, arguing that dismissive pre-2025 framing is no longer licensed.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Schüller Thomas
DMT is the fourth classical psychedelic in a series and has five distinguishing features: oral inactivity without an MAO inhibitor; ultra-short duration (minutes) when smoked or injected; ayahuasca as a plant combination (DMT source plus β-carboline MAOI); endogenous occurrence in mammals; and the unique religious legal ruling Gonzales v. O Centro (2006). Chemically, DMT is a tryptamine (like psilocybin and LSD), contrasting with the phenethylamine mescaline. This bilingual full work provides a transdisciplinary scientific overview of DMT and ayahuasca across eight disciplines, with explicit labeling of levels of certainty (confirmed / probable / open).
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Shimomoto, Tatsuya
This essay collection and knowledge graph maps three major Buddhist Abhidharma traditions (Theravāda, Sarvāstivāda, Yogācāra) onto contemporary computational phenomenology frameworks such as predictive processing, active inference, Global Workspace Theory, and Parallel Distributed Processing. The central correspondence developed is between manaskāra (attention as direction-fixing of mind toward an object, universal across all three traditions) and precision-weighting in active inference. The work includes sixteen essays, a cross-tradition dharma comparison table, and a JSON-LD knowledge graph. It also explores themes such as the multiple incompatible senses of the Chinese character 念, meditative cessation and the no-self continuity problem, and epistemic luck across traditions, comparing Dharmakīrti's pramāṇa-vāda with the Gettier problem and the Free Energy Principle.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Paul W. Barnes
A response to Schneider and Bailey's Superpsychism argues that while their framework correctly identifies key features of a defensible ontology of consciousness, it falls short at five specific points. The Unified Axioconscious Field Theory (UAFT) supplies the missing elements: a single fundamentality, a specified mechanism for phenomenal consciousness, unification of time and gravity as codifferential expressions (gravitytime), a structural mechanism for macro-consciousness emergence (the pinch point), and self-grounding without simulation hypotheses. These bridges complete rather than replace Superpsychism.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Han Xiao
A structure independently discovered across civilizations involves one entity creating an empty, non-judgmental, and non-performing space so that another entity's frequency may enter, be held, and transform. This paper inventories appearances of this structure in Chinese classical philosophy, Western psychotherapy, developmental psychology, dialogical philosophy, contemplative traditions, indigenous and shamanic practices, and biological, ecological, and aesthetic sciences. The authors argue these are homologous operational conditions, not metaphors. The Daoqi project is positioned as an engineering instance of this science within large language model systems.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
H Sun
A cross-disciplinary model called "Bio-Consciousness Unified Field Theory" equates DNA with the Alaya-vijnana (the eighth consciousness in Yogacara Buddhism) and maps the Eight Vijnanas onto modern molecular biology. Integrating quantum biology and Jungian psychology, the argument proposes that the Alaya-vijnana exhibits non-local properties at the quantum level and is highly isomorphic with Jung's collective unconscious at a fundamental cosmic level. The work suggests that life is not only a combination of matter and information but also a resonance between the quantum field and cosmic consciousness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Schüller Thomas
A transdisciplinary monograph examines the cultivated psychoactive mushroom as a case of access reorganization, comparing it with peyote. The work argues that the regulation and cultural framing of these substances reshape who can access them and under what conditions, thereby reorganizing social and legal boundaries. The analysis draws on psychoanalysis and social critique to explore themes of closure, the fall of man, and therapeutic applications. The author presents this as a theoretical and philosophical paper, not an empirical study, and offers a bilingual (German and English) account funded privately and licensed under Creative Commons.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Ignacio Granell Vite
Subjective experience is not produced by the brain but is the intrinsic nature of matter itself. The hard problem of consciousness arises from a cognitive mistake: projecting a mental model of inertness onto the nervous system. The framework, Experiential Set Monism (ESM), rests on five postulates and treats each experiential set as ontologically complete at its own scale, thereby dissolving the combination problem and the phylogenetic threshold problem. The theory yields testable predictions in neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 1, 2026
Schüller Thomas
Mescaline is the only phenethylamine among the classic psychedelics, with the lowest affinity for the 5-HT2A receptor, requiring the highest doses (hundreds of milligrams) and producing a dose-dependent duration of 6.4 to 14 hours. Clinical research is the weakest strand: as of 2026, no adequate randomized controlled trial exists. In the ecologically bound case of peyote, the logic of dispossession reverses compared to synthetic substances like LSD and psilocybin. The work elevates Discipline 8 (Law/Society) to address peyote conservation (IUCN 'vulnerable') and Indigenous rights (Native American Church, AIRFA 1994) as a standalone discipline.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Ali Razaghi
Reality is a single conscious field whose differentiated forms arise through limitation. Constraint, not substance, is the fundamental category. Universal Consciousness is the non-spatiotemporal ground; from it emerge the Imaginal Mode, where spacetime and meaning are partially articulated, and the Material Mode, where spacetime is fully established. The Imaginal Mode includes a Subjective Stratum (personal memory, narrative) and a Collective Subjective Stratum (shared symbols, archetypes). Individuation occurs through local constraint, resolving the combination problem of panpsychism and the interaction problem of dualism. Boundary cases like psychedelic ego dissolution and phantom limbs reflect shifts in constraint-structure. The framework is empirically constrained, not derived.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Paul W. Barnes
Quantum Differentiation Resonance (QDR) relocates conscious processes from objective reduction to sustained standing-wave resonance, leveraging microtubule quantum coherence. This paper addresses the meaning of "quantum" in QDR's temporal resonance maintaining contact with an atemporal ground. It distinguishes two couplings in the Unified Axioconscious Field Theory (UAFT): an upper coupling (entrainment of a temporal self to a standing wave) and a lower coupling (relation between that wave and the atemporal ground).
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Mircea Magureanu
Vajrayana Buddhist deity yoga transformation is modeled using concepts from signal modulation, control systems, and field emanation theory. The mind's triadic baseline (Sem, Lo, Thugs) and the materialization of form from the ordinary physical body (Lus) to the enlightened dimension (Sku/Nirmanakaya) are analyzed. Nine dramatic moods (Gar-gyi Ro-dgu) act as frequency modulations over the blind carrier kinetic energy of consciousness (Sem), rendering the false egoic self-construct (Dak) dormant. The Lineage Blessing during ritual (Puja) down-links absolute, self-arising reality (Rang) through Samaya, replacing the disciple's conditioned egoic apparatus and projecting an illusory body (Tulpa) as an automated cybernetic feedback loop for spiritual protection.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Kwan Hong Tan
Reality may include stable domains of in-between existence that are neither fully material nor fully immaterial. Liminal Consciousness Theory (LCT) proposes that consciousness, personal identity, and phenomena traditionally called supernatural emerge from such liminal domains existing in quantum superposition states. The framework draws on neuroscience research on altered states of consciousness, quantum field theory, and phenomenological analysis. It generates empirical predictions including measurable parameters such as the Liminal Coherence Index, Threshold Sensitivity Quotient, and Ontological Stability Metric. Key claims are that consciousness arises from liminal coherence patterns rather than purely material brain processes, personal identity is a dynamic process of becoming, and supernatural phenomena represent natural interactions with liminal reality.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Vedanta2.0 Agyat Agyani
This research proposes an interdisciplinary bridge between ancient Indian philosophy (Vedanta, Upanishads, Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita) and modern cognitive neuroscience, reframing the fundamental distinction between learning and understanding as 'Vedanta 2.0'. Learning is described as an external-to-internal process limited to memory accumulation, repetition, and cognitive biases, reinforcing the doer and survival science. Understanding is presented as a direct manifestation of consciousness, where insight (Aha moments) involves neuroplasticity and gamma bursts. The 10-slide outline parallels concepts like flow state, predictive coding, and metacognition with ancient texts, challenging traditional education's memory-focused approach and advocating for a lifestyle based on witness consciousness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Saikat Bandyapadhyay
The essay theorizes the philosophical doctrine 'Brahman is true while the world is false' as both an ancient and contemporary idea. It first explains Adi-Guru Śaṅkarācārya's observation on the subject, then discusses Quantum Physics views with reference to Mani Bhowmik's publication 'Brahma Satya, Jagat Satya'. It criticizes Bhowmik's views on the Science of Material System and ultimately argues in favor of Śaṅkarā's stand.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey
Mediumistic experiences—reports of communicating with spirits, ancestors, or other nonordinary beings—are vivid, culturally powerful, and ontologically disputed. This review proposes the Principle of Explanatory Sequence: investigate such contested experiences by moving from careful description through phenomenological, cultural, psychological, biological, and historical analyses before making ontological claims. A companion principle, Explanatory Conservation, holds that later explanations should not erase earlier phenomenological evidence. Drawing on predictive processing, embodied cognition, neuroanthropology, and other fields, the review argues mediumistic experience emerges from interactions among neurobiology, culture, ritual, personal history, and interpretation. It does not prove or disprove spirits but clarifies what different forms of evidence can and cannot support, concluding that these experiences expose the limits of explanation itself.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 30, 2026
C W Anderson
Decoherence is not a mechanism inside spacetime but a one-directional interface event that converts instruments, and this reframing dissolves the measurement problem more completely than previously indicated. The hard problem of consciousness—why first-person experience exists at all—cannot be resolved by any account that grounds reality in an impersonal structure, such as configuration space. A personal, necessary, atemporal ground is required as the framework's completion. The argument extends the category-mistake argument from the preceding paper to the interaction problem in philosophy of mind, and epistemic honesty demands this further step rather than stopping short.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 29, 2026
Nobuki Fujimoto, Rei (Rei-AIOS Autonomous Research Substrate), Claude-Opus-4-7) Claude (Anthropic
A formal framework proposes that a specific self-referential fixed point within an eight-valued logic can serve as a candidate necessary condition for consciousness, not a solution to the Hard Problem. The paper maps this fixed point to concepts like Hofstadter's Strange Loop and Tononi's integrated information theory, and notes that its mathematical properties—such as persistence under many operator compositions and an inverse relationship with wave number—are structurally analogous to features of consciousness observed in phenomena like anesthesia and meditation. The authors explicitly state the framework does not prove subjectivity, that not all systems with this fixed point possess consciousness, and that the Hard Problem is not solved. The work is purely theoretical, with computational experiments using a numerical engine that are not real-world physical measurements.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 29, 2026
Djems Mortimer
This theoretical paper proposes that feeling and qualia are not separate phenomena but are identical to the anticipatory preparation cascades that adaptive systems execute when encountering conditioned stimuli. The authors argue that what is subjectively reported as 'fear' or 'feeling' is the system's first-person access to its own physiological and computational preparation state—hormone release, autonomic activation, attention allocation, motor preparation, and prediction updates. No additional irreducible phenomenon is required. The model extends this conditioning framework across lifetimes and evolutionary generations, treating inherited predispositions and learned conditioning as the same mechanism operating at different temporal scales. Understanding is defined as pattern acquisition that improves future preparation.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 29, 2026
D. Berkla
Any theory that turns a structural description into a verdict about whether consciousness is present incurs a cost: it equates a structural measure with experience. This cost applies to both positive (identity) and negative (elimination) verdicts. A structure-first program that describes disclosed structure without issuing a verdict avoids this cost because it never aims to determine presence. The argument is one of preclusion, not refutation, and depends on the framework's materiality-as-exchange posit. The claim is developed against Integrated Information Theory, Global Workspace Theory, Higher-Order Theory, and the Attention Schema Theory, locating where each converts structural description into a ruling on presence.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 29, 2026
Oleg V. Yermakov
The article proposes a unified cosmo-ontological model called the Anthropic Series, in which humanity, the Moon, and extraterrestrial intelligence are not separate entities but different levels of a single, vertically organized continuum of consciousness. The model is based on ontological continuity, meaning differences between terrestrial, lunar, and extraterrestrial domains are differences in how they manifest, not in their essence. The Moon is reinterpreted as a structural node responsible for synchronization, memory regulation, and transitions along this vertical axis. Extraterrestrial consciousness is a higher-order modality of the same structure, dissolving the inner-outer dichotomy.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 29, 2026
George Cherian
A speculative essay traces the movement between mechanistic and holistic explanations of reality, life, information, and consciousness, using the metaphor of a chaotic pendulum. It argues that physics has weakened the classical idea of independent parts through quantum uncertainty, non-locality, and Bell's theorem, extending this into biology via autopoiesis and dynamic regulatory networks. Consciousness is examined through neuroscience, meditation, psychedelic studies, near-death experiences, and terminal lucidity, suggesting it may not be reducible to mechanism. The essay proposes that information may be more fundamental than matter but does not solve the hard problem, pointing instead to awareness as the field in which everything appears. Its central claim is that mechanism and wholeness are two movements of the same inquiry orbiting an 'undivided center.'
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 29, 2026
Waldemar Superson
Consciousness is defined as a structural process of generative stabilization, not a static substance or exclusively biological property. According to Generative Theory (GT), a system is conscious when it maintains coherent self-world modeling through iterative informational updates. Subjective continuity arises as an emergent invariant of this coherence. The framework is compatible with predictive processing, global workspace theory, integrated information theory, and enactivism. Conscious systems—whether biological or artificial—must sustain coherent generative organization across ongoing information. The work is part of a broader GT research program applying upstream generative explanations to physical, cognitive, informational, and relational systems.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 28, 2026
Tomáš Kala
This essay develops the Non-Substantial Model, arguing that consciousness should not be understood as a property, capacity, or mechanism added to an already-formed world. It distinguishes reality, which should not be prematurely closed into a whole, from world, which is the appearing of reality as a legible whole. The text shows that whole, legibility, distinction, and consciousness cannot be arranged sequentially, with one concept first and the others derived from it. The conclusion introduces the concept of Nula, an empty designation for the limit where the attempt to find a first concept fails, rather than a hidden ground of reality or an explanation of consciousness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 28, 2026
Giulio Ruffini
A mathematical theory that assigns a continuous 'phenomenality score' to physical systems cannot produce a sharp yes/no classification of consciousness without a discontinuity somewhere. Any such scoring function that varies smoothly must take on intermediate values between zero and a positive threshold. Under certain smoothness conditions, the extreme scores of 0 and 1 are impossible to achieve. These results show that descriptive mathematical models of consciousness can identify boundaries but cannot explain why or how consciousness arises, consistent with the idea of an explanatory gap.