(NTC):A Structural and Constitutional Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness SP Dubey
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) August 3, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21843476 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Qualitative Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Argues that consciousness is constitutively identical to globally integrated, recurrent, and reflexively self-modeling neural organization, and proposes experimentally testable predictions concerning conscious neural dynamics, qualitative experience, and neural state-space organization. |
Abstract
This paper presents the Neuroscience Theory of Consciousness (NTC), a theoretical framework proposing that consciousness is the intrinsic phenomenal aspect of appropriately organized biological neural activity. Rather than treating consciousness as something produced by neural computation, NTC argues that consciousness is constitutively identical to globally integrated, recurrent, and reflexively self-modeling neural organization. The paper integrates contemporary neuroscience with philosophy of mind and offers experimentally testable predictions concerning conscious neural dynamics, qualitative experience, and neural state-space organization.