Performative Self-Reference and the Metalogical Impossibility of Computational Consciousness
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) December 3, 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17800073 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThis paper is a preliminary version that has been replaced by a later formal axiomatic development. The later work argues that computational consciousness is impossible, presenting a formal axiomatic system and a mechanized meta-trilemma proving that normatively complete computational consciousness cannot exist.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Impossibility Performative utterance Consciousness Axiomatic system Computational model |
| Citations | 2 |
| Key finding | Argues that computational consciousness is metalogically impossible, supported by a formal axiomatic development and a verified meta-trilemma. |
Abstract
This paper has been superseded and radically extended by the formal axiomatic development in: Performative Self-Reference and the Metalogical Impossibility of Computational Consciousness: A Formal Axiomatic Development And: Beyond Computation 2.0: Verified Meta-Trilemma - Mechanized Impossibility of Normatively Complete Computational Consciousness