Music, Resonance, and Complex Adaptive Systems: An Interdisciplinary Essay on Perception, Synchronization, and Structural Permeability
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) May 16, 2026 Bernd von Mallinckrodt
This interdisciplinary essay proposes resonance as a shared structural principle linking subjective experience, collective synchronization, cybernetics, and formal systems theory, without arguing for metaphysical reductionism. It explores how immersive orchestral music and collective synchronization may provide intuitive access to complex adaptive system dynamics typically described mathematically. The work integrates concepts from complexity science, cybernetics, neurophenomenology, enactivism, predictive processing, and systems resilience research, focusing on adaptive synchronization, structural permeability, resonance muting, and observer embeddedness. The essay positions itself as a conceptual research program rather than a completed scientific theory.