The Missing Ingredient: A Response to Superpsychism
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) July 1, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21107978 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Consciousness Unification Appeal Mechanism biology Field mathematics Ontology Epistemology Cognitive science Spacetime |
| Key points | Argues that the Unified Axioconscious Field Theory supplies five elements missing from Schneider and Bailey's Superpsychism framework, completing rather than replacing it. |
Abstract
Preprint. Submitted to the Journal of Consciousness Studies on April 20, 2026 as a response to the Superpsychism special issue; under review. In "Superpsychism" (Journal of Consciousness Studies 33(1-2), 13-39, https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.33.1.013), Susan Schneider and Mark Bailey propose that consciousness is fundamental, non-spatio-temporal, and continuous with the prototemporal entangled structure from which spacetime emerges. This response argues that Schneider and Bailey correctly identify several structural features of a defensible ontology of consciousness but stop short at five specific junctures. At each juncture, their framework requires something it does not provide. The Unified Axioconscious Field Theory (UAFT) supplies the missing elements: single fundamentality, a specified mechanism for phenomenal consciousness rather than an unmodified appeal to resonance, the unification of time and gravity as codifferential expressions (gravitytime), a structural mechanism for the emergence of macro-consciousness (the pinch point), and self-grounding without recourse to simulation hypotheses. The bridges developed here do not replace Superpsychism. They complete it.