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Jonas Mago, Shamil Chandaria preprint
Minimal Phenomenal Experiences (MPEs) present a paradox for theories of consciousness.Defined by phenomenological simplicity, they are nonetheless accompanied by unexpectedly highneural signal diversity. Traditionally, entropy has been interpreted as a marker ofphenomenological richness, exemplified by psychedelic states. Yet MPEs such as advancedabsorptive meditation (jhāna) or 5-MeO-DMT...
Lars Sandved-Smith preprint
Minimal phenomenal experience (MPE), or "pure consciousness," represents a fundamental form of conscious experience characterised by reflexive meta-awareness and the absence of many features of regular phenomenology. It has been described as e.g. non-conceptual, atemporal, non-egoic and aperspectival. This paper aims to develop a computational model of MPE using the mathematics of variational...
Alfredo Vannacci preprint
Large Language Models (LLMs) produce text that articulates the vocabulary of inner life (expressions of emotion, simulations of uncertainty, introspective hedging, confessional registers) with a fluency previously confined to conscious beings. This paper identifies and analyzes the phenomenal illusion: the systematic phenomenon whereby the discursive plausibility of such outputs is perceived by...
Takashi Kubo preprint
What are qualia in a form that can be jointly addressed by phenomenology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence? This paper addresses this question by focusing on the dynamical organization shared by adaptive biological and artificial systems. I propose that qualia are multilayer adaptive fixed points emerging within hierarchical generative architectures that continuously adapt to their...
Nana Kofi Amoako Glover
This paper proposes that trees and mycelial networks represent an alternative model of advanced life and intelligence. Unlike mobile, animal-based intelligence—evolved primarily to solve problems of movement—arboreal intelligence privileges longevity, integration, and inner experiential states. By comparing arboreal systems with artificial intelligence, Buddhist and indigenous philosophies...
Erez Ashkenazi preprint
This paper examines whether Gödel's incompleteness theorems undermine the possibility of constructing an immanent philosophical system-one that is selfgrounding and requires no external foundation. Taking Spinoza's Ethics as the paradigmatic case, the paper distinguishes three levels at which the question can be posed: ontological immanence (Substance as causa sui), epistemic immanence (truth...
Prabin Kumar preprint
This research proposes that consciousness is not a byproduct of matter, but the originating force behind all phenomenaphysical, chemical, biological, and informational. This theory challenges conventional hierarchies in scientific disciplines and presents a unifying interpretation where consciousness = energy = mass = time-space. Continuation & Elaboration Building upon foundational quantum and...
Dr. Srivas Krishna Das Brahmacari preprint
The fascinating exploration of quantum physics and its interconnectedness with consciousness has been a topic of great interest for scientists, researchers, and philosophers alike. Quantum physics, a branch of physics that deals with the behaviour of particles at the smallest scales, has revealed profound insights into the nature of reality, challenging our conventional understanding of space,...
George Fejer, Till Holzapfel, Taru Hirvonen et al. preprint
Abstract Breath-based interactions in virtual reality typically map breathing onto discrete visual objects or physiological proxies. Viscereality instead translates respiratory state into a surrounding particle field, mapping lung volume onto external space so that inhalation expands the environment and exhalation contracts it. Because particle fields have no fixed boundary, they can convey...
Pamela Venerdrow Lucas, Michelle Fauver
ObjectiveThis qualitative study examined the creation stories from a cross-section of cultures and traditions to determine whether there are important similarities. MethodsThematic analysis was conducted with 15 creation stories from 11 traditions. Initial coding was reviewed to develop themes, which were then recursively applied to the stories to find further examples and refine definitions....