The Continuum of Local Presents: A Conscientropic Framework for the Fractal Emergence of Consciousness and Its Dissociative Fragmentation
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) June 26, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20938217 (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 | Unification Infinitesimal Consciousness Fractal Fragmentation computing Integrated information theory Position finance Theoretical physics Artificial intelligence Continuum hypothesis Through-the-lens metering Statistical physics Cognitive science |
| Key points | Proposes that consciousness is an adimensional, non-local informational field and the brain operates as a localized registration interface, not a generator of experience. |
Abstract
This paper introduces a speculative, non-reductivemetaphysical framework that conceptualizes consciousness as an adimensional, non-local informational field. Moving away from mechanistic and computational reductionism, we proposethat the biological brain does not generate subjective experience but operates as a localizedregistration interface. Within this model, theneural substrate accommodates an infinite continuum of localized, infinitesimal “presents,” ormicro-awareness states. Through a philosophicalprinciple of negentropic unification termed Conscientropy, these disjointed micro-states are systematically integrated into a macroscopically expanded, unified ego. We position this frameworkin dialogue with contemporary theories of mind—Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and GlobalWorkspace Theory (GWT)—and apply it heuristically to interpret structural and functional dissociation, providing a novel metaphysical lens forboth split-brain phenomena and clinical dissociation.