Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Consciousness, Culture, and the Futures We Inherit / Stojąc na ramionach gigantów: Świadomość, kultura i przyszłości, które dziedziczymy
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 7, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22647359 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that words function as seeds of action trajectories and that cumulative culture represents inherited problem solutions, proposing a speculative consciousness-first ontology. The essay is not a report of new empirical research and is not externally peer-reviewed. |
Abstract
Bilingual philosophical essay (English and Polish versions) on consciousness, culture and inherited possibilities of action. Starting from first-person accounts (drumming, a falling cup), the essay develops the LOGOS-44/Axis F–S–O framework (function–structure–operator): words as seeds of action trajectories, cumulative culture as inherited problem solutions, attention in skilled performance, the absent body, subjective time, and an explicitly speculative consciousness-first ontology. The deposit contains: the English essay (DOCX + PDF), the Polish listening-adapted version (MD), the Polish scientific notes and sources (MD), and a combined Polish PDF (essay + notes). Status: Conceptual essay v1.0. Not a report of a new study with participants; not externally peer-reviewed. Cited works support specific comparisons and do not validate the Axis project. AI assistance: OpenAI ChatGPT/Codex assisted English drafting, structural editing, source checking and the Polish adaptation. The attributed experiences and originating proposals are the author's.