The Charta Operator Framework: A Testable Non-Reductive Model of Consciousness–Brain Correlation

The Charta Theory framework yields three testable predictions about consciousness: placebo efficacy has a 42% ceiling, verified near-death experiences during cardiac arrest show a 0.5–2 Hz EEG peak, and self-referential cognitive tasks exhibit non-Markovian memory effects. These falsifiable claims distinguish the theory from emergentist models and can be tested with existing tools like EEG kits and psychopharm datasets. The paper is the third in a four-part series developing a metalogical solution to the hard problem of consciousness.

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Abstract

This paper derives three sharp, testable predictions from the Charta Theory framework, grounding the metalogical non-reducibility of consciousness in empirical boundaries: (1) a 42% ceiling on placebo efficacy (λ-bound correlation strength), (2) a 0.5–2 Hz EEG peak in verified near-death experiences during cardiac arrest, and (3) non-Markovian memory effects in self-referential cognitive tasks. These falsifiable claims distinguish the theory from emergentist models and invite immediate replication with off-the-shelf tools (e.g., EEG kits, psychopharm datasets). This work completes the four-paper Charta Theory series: Paper 1: Performative Self-Reference and the Metalogical Impossibility of Computational Consciousness Paper 2: The Charta Theory: A Metalogical Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness Paper 4: Performative Self-Reference and the Metalogical Impossibility of Computational Consciousness: A Formal Axiomatic Development