The Charta Theory: A Metalogical Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) December 3, 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17995298 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Keywords | Impossibility Performative utterance Argumentation theory Consciousness Reading process Calculus dental Transcendental number Epistemology Operator biology Computational model Axiomatic system Core optical fiber Objectivism Possible world |
| Key points | Argues that phenomenal experience is a metalogical necessity arising from self-referential operator-algebraic structures, not emergent from physical processes, and that consciousness is non-reducible to computation. |
Abstract
This paper provides the core solution to David Chalmers' Hard Problem of Consciousness, demonstrating that phenomenal experience is a metalogical necessity arising from self-referential operator-algebraic structures, not emergent from physical processes. Grounded in transcendental argumentation and structural isomorphism, it refutes emergence, proves the non-reducibility of consciousness, and derives mathematical barriers to computational qualia. This work is part 2 of the four-paper Charta Theory series. The following references are listed in the recommended reading order: Performative Self-Reference and the Metalogical Impossibility of Computational Consciousness: A Formal Axiomatic Development Performative Self-Reference and the Metalogical Impossibility of Computational Consciousness The Charta Operator Framework: A Testable Non-Reductive Model of Consciousness–Brain Correlation