The Whiteboard Discontinuity: Reframing Cognitive Emergence via Systemic Incompleteness and Non-Temporal Topological Alignment
Researcher Anonymous, James X. Li
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) May 22, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20234626 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Double-blind Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Cognitive reframing Cognition Connectionism Consciousness Topological data analysis Artificial life |
| Key points | Proposes that physicalist accounts of consciousness face structural constraints, as evidenced by critiques of inductive methods in evolutionary cognition, data gaps in hominid records, and incompleteness in computational and linguistic systems. |
Abstract
This deposit contains the preliminary working draft of a theoretical manuscript investigating the epistemological boundaries and structural constraints of consciousness emergence within physicalist paradigms. The archived research focuses on the following theoretical areas:1. A critical evaluation of inductive methodologies and cumulative linear models within contemporary evolutionary cognitive frameworks.2. An analytical examination of cognitive and neuro-anatomical data disparities in Late Pleistocene hominid records.3. The application of systemic incompleteness theorems to cosmological and physical computational boundaries.4. An information-geometric analysis of linguistic and data constraints within connectionist artificial neural networks. Due to ongoing peer-review processes and double-blind evaluation requirements for international commentary tracks, the full manuscript file is under temporary embargo and will be made publicly available upon completion of the academic review cycle.