A response to Balconi et al.'s (2026) Frontiers in Psychology editorial proposing that qualia be retired as a pseudoproblem in Kuhn's sense. The letter argues that the collection the editorial introduces does not support its eliminative frame; that a malformed question has never licensed abandoning the phenomenon it names; and that first-person report remains the foundation on which pain...
Wang, Lawrence K. 王抗曝 (2026). The Dalai and Panchen Lamas: "Indigenous Buddhas" in the Tibetan Buddhist Reincarnation Tradition《達賴與班禪:藏傳佛教轉世制度中的「本土佛」》。Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. Lenox Institute Press, Massachusetts, USA. 8(10I), 55 pages. ABSTRACT:...
The present paper develops a preliminary taxonomy of four mathematical orientations for investigating consciousness through relational and dynamical representations. The Variation Hypothesis locates the candidate connection to consciousness in the organization of transformations; the Trajectory Hypothesis considers selected paths, flows, or relationally ordered histories; the Generativity...
Western eschatology often depicts the afterlife as either static contemplation or undifferentiated union with the Divine, leaving the social mechanics of disembodied interaction undertheorized. Using an autoethnographic case study anchored in a lifelong twin bond, this paper investigates post-mortem sociality through a strictly Christocentric lens. Drawing on experiential data of communication...
This article presents a five‑and‑a‑half‑year longitudinal phenomenological case study documenting structured visual experiences occurring in full waking consciousness following contemplative prayer after identical twin bereavement. The dataset exhibits two distinct phases: an extended period of stable abstract geometric configurations (2020–2026), followed by a recent transition in which the...
This article synthesises a framework positioning the cross-cultural practice of secluding girls at puberty as a forerunner to institutionalised religion, tracing its structural roots deep into the Upper Palaeolithic. Integrating ethnographic documentation, portable art, parietal cave art, and socio-cultural history — including European shamanism and the witch cult — the synthesis argues for an...
The origin of the Elwedritsch has not yet been conclusively established. This article examines historical sources concerning Alben, Druden (or Truden), witches, black cats, and Elwedritsche from the perspective of a functional guiding hypothesis: Elwedritsche are to be understood as the result of cultural responses to nocturnal threat scenarios. The point of departure is not the assumption of a...
Embodied artificial intelligence typically treats a local chassis moving through the world as the agent's body. This paper proposes Architectural Body Intelligence (ABI), which reverses this spatial relation. In ABI, sensory surfaces distributed across the floor, walls, and ceiling constitute an architectural body, while a small robot or manipulator moving within its cavity intervenes on...
How can the joint work of structure and agency be conceived, and made testable, within a cognition that has no external point of support? We propose a framework in which cognition is enclosed in a capsule that is closed and opaque: its rules are inaccessible from without, yet different configurations of its internal structure yield internally distinguishable consequences, so that the framework...
Philosophy does not fail when it becomes difficult; it fails when it becomes non-examinable. Original tool CBIT: a test for definition, method, evidence, and metaphor control. Published cases Dennett-style imitation, LLM consciousness, and quantum-consciousness overextension. Aim Defend interdisciplinary dialogue from method substitution and false depth. Boundary is not censorship; boundary is...
This paper develops a phenomenological ontology of objecthood centered on alternation. Its phenomenological thesis is that an object appears as one only through structured perceptual, temporal, bodily, practical, mnemonic, anticipatory, and intersubjective transitions. Its ontological thesis is more cautious: objecthood, as objecthood, is best understood as dynamic relational individuation...
Cognition has traditionally been described in terms of representations, computations, or predictive models. This paper proposes a more fundamental constraint: that cognition exists only where change is both registered and preserved. We formalize this claim as the \emph{Universal Derivative Principle} (UDP), according to which cognitive phenomena arise from the temporal differentiation and...
Abstract The aim of this article is to show how a shift toward a conception of consciousness as an embodied and mediated relation makes it possible to reframe the problem of consciousness in terms of experience, action, and the production of meaning within social and socio-technical worlds. Starting from a simple heuristic scenario, a child playing with a ball, the article outlines the main...
This article positions Metatron's Cube as a unifying framework bridging ancient geometric principles with contemporary visionary phenomenology. Tracing sacred geometry's evolution from utilitarian applications in the Indus Valley, Babylonia (π ≈ 3.125), and Egypt (π ≈ 3.1605) circa 3000 BCE through its philosophical refinement in 6th-century BCE Greece, the analysis integrates convergent...
The purpose of this report is to provide community-based guidance for lower-risk psilocybin use. It is our hope that this guidance will help individuals considering or currently using psilocybin to have a positive and safe experience. The recommendations provided are based on results from the TRIP study (Tips and Recommendation for the Ingestion of Psilocybin), which we present in this report....