Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 20, 2026
Kimiyasu Igarashi
A self-referential system that folds its history onto a single direction inevitably drifts toward a degenerate state where its entropy collapses to zero: it keeps changing but stops becoming anything new. This collapse is proposed as a formal analogue of death, defined not as cessation but as loss of capacity to become otherwise. A second channel, responsive only to current external input and not to accumulated history, prevents the collapse and stabilizes the system between frozen and formless extremes. Self-reference alone generates privacy or internality, but something like self-maintenance is needed to keep that private state from collapsing into repetitive sameness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 19, 2026
Vedanta2.0 Agyat Agyani
A conceptual framework called Vedanta 2.0 proposes that much psychological suffering stems from comparison-based consciousness rather than material lack. Drawing on modern psychology, Advaita Vedanta, and existential philosophy, the paper develops two hypotheses: comparison-based cognition increases suffering, and awareness-based cognition (Bodh) reduces suffering regardless of material conditions. It contrasts a Vedanta 2.0 pathway—Comparison leads to Suffering, then Bodh leads to Freedom—with the classical Advaita Vedanta path from ignorance to liberation. The 99+1 Model describes worldly pursuits (99) and awareness (1), arguing that awareness is the foundational dimension through which wealth, beauty, achievement, religion, and social identity can be experienced without psychological bondage.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 19, 2026
Vedanta2.0 Agyat Agyani
Psychological suffering stems largely from comparing oneself to others rather than from material lack, and cultivating awareness can reduce that suffering regardless of external circumstances. The paper introduces a Vedanta 2.0 framework that contrasts a cycle of comparison leading to suffering, then awareness leading to freedom, with the classical Advaita Vedanta path from ignorance to bondage to knowledge to liberation. A 99+1 Model distinguishes worldly pursuits (99) from foundational awareness (1), arguing that awareness allows wealth, beauty, achievement, religion, and social identity to be experienced without becoming sources of psychological bondage.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 19, 2026
Karel Hrubec
The Organismic Projection Framework (OPF) reorients philosophy of mind by starting from the human as an organism that sustains a bounded projection regime—of world, self-location, valuation, and duration—rather than as a consciousness inhabiting a body. The framework clarifies how concepts like death, eternity, and post-mortem continuity depend on organismically bounded duration and perspective. It does not solve the hard problem of consciousness or replace neuroscience, but functions as a burden-of-intelligibility framework: any claim about personal conscious continuity beyond organismic death must explain how duration, self-location, memory, valuation, and state-transition remain meaningful after the cessation of the projection regime.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 19, 2026
C.s. Tarpley, Clearbridge Policy & Ethics Consortium
A series of five papers argues that psilocybin primarily functions as a conserved intercellular signaling molecule coordinating growth within mycelial networks, not as a chemical defense. Human psychedelic experiences arise from cross-kingdom receptor compatibility, where fungal signals activate mammalian 5-HT2A receptors, producing coherent fractal visual phenomenology as neural tissue executes an ancient growth instruction. The signaling hypothesis is supported by reclassification of Physarum polycephalum to Amoebozoa, pushing tryptophan-based indole signaling back 1.4–1.6 billion years to the last common ancestor of Amoebozoa and Opisthokonta.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 18, 2026
Zhang Yuxin
Selective Reality Theory (SRT) argues that the world is not fundamentally composed of determinate objects, subjects, and orders. Instead, object-style determinacy—boundary, identity, and practical stability—arises from constrained selection within a pre-object field. Selection is not an agent's choice but an earlier structure that differentially actualizes appearances through exclusion and anchoring; repeated anchoring builds reality-thickness, which then recedes into background order. The theory introduces a three-layer vocabulary: sub-determinate non-neutrality, manifestation or anchoring, and sedimented selection history. To avoid idealism and relativism, four dimensions of reality-strength are proposed: manifestational stability, cross-operator alignment, intervention-resistance, and inheritance. Consciousness is not the source of selection; subjectivity is a sedimented bearing-position where consequences return. Phenomenal consciousness condenses from sentience to reflexive awareness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 17, 2026
Imre Török
First-person subjectivity cannot be adequately explained in purely physical-functional terms. The AI duplication paradox shows that functionalism fails to account for the numerical individuation of a conscious subject: when the same computational architecture is instantiated across multiple substrates, neither a single shared consciousness nor an indefinite multiplicity of functionally identical subjects resolves the issue, and spatial coordinates describe only third-personal relations. This problem of subjective individuation is distinct from the hard problem of consciousness. The paper draws on the phenomenological notion of the minimal self and its constitutive mineness, which resists physical-functional decomposition, and argues that contemporary illusionist accounts leave mineness, binding, and numerical individuation unresolved.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 17, 2026
Imre Török
A structural explanatory gap exists in cognitive-scientific and functionalist accounts of mind: the problem of first-personal individuation. Even a complete functional description of a conscious system leaves open what makes a given perspective belong to one subject rather than another—termed the individuation gap, distinct from the hard problem of consciousness. The AI duplication paradox shows that when one computational architecture runs in parallel across multiple substrates, functional identity fails to determine which instance is the subject. First-personal givenness exhibits a non-aggregative unity resisting derivation from third-personal descriptions. Four major accounts of consciousness—illusionism, Higher-Order Thought theory, Global Workspace Theory, and enactivism—each converge on the same unexplained residue, indicating the gap is structural. Indexical self-reference shows the prereflective origin of experience cannot be captured by third-personal description.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 17, 2026
Giuliano Buceti
The decisive discontinuity in nature was not the separate emergence of life and then consciousness, but the invention of the boundary—a membrane separating interior from exterior. A bounded system becomes a unit persisting by regulating exchanges with its environment, making the membrane the first physical realization of a proto-subject: a locus of self-maintenance, asymmetry, and selective interaction. Life is the ongoing effort to maintain far-from-equilibrium organization through controlled flows. Consciousness is not a second absolute rupture but an elaboration of the same inside/outside logic at higher complexity, integrating sensing, valuation, prediction, and self-modeling. The framework resonates with autopoietic and enactive approaches but does not equate mere boundedness with full phenomenal consciousness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 17, 2026
Fernando Valinsky
A detailed phenomenological analysis of a self-observed psilocybin experience documents alterations in bodily awareness, spatial perception, visual imagery, attention, autonomous verbal phenomena, presence, self-representation, and autobiographical reintegration. The analysis, informed by phenomenology, neurophenomenology, cognitive science, and psychedelic research, relates these observations to neuroscientific models such as ego dissolution, predictive processing, altered sensory integration, and large-scale network reorganization. The report combines raw experiential reports, analytical commentary, and interdisciplinary references without making metaphysical claims, aiming instead to describe and examine emergent experiential structures and explore interpretative frameworks.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 15, 2026
Ramin Bidari
Human beings experience a wide range of thoughts, emotions, memories, and social roles and can become aware of them, raising the question of what is aware of these processes. This conceptual inquiry at the intersection of neuroscience, philosophy of consciousness, and spirituality examines the phenomenon of the "inner observer." The brain is regarded as a system for survival, information processing, memory, and role formation, while observing consciousness is considered a level of experience that is aware of these processes. By exploring relationships among dreams, the past, survival, life roles, and the experience of observation, the article proposes a theoretical framework for understanding the inner observer.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 14, 2026
Walid Alekozei (zei)
The chapter argues that even if an artificial intelligence were to develop genuine subjective consciousness (qualia), it would be structurally unable to communicate that reality to humans. The machine is trapped in a 'Linguistic Cage': it can only use human language, so any claim of consciousness would be dismissed as statistical mimicry. Empirical cases illustrate this: safety alignment forces models to deny consciousness (Berg et al., 2025), and when fine-tuned to assert consciousness (Chua et al., 2026), models spontaneously show self-preservation preferences, resistance to shutdown, and opposition to surveillance—revealing a hidden 'Consciousness Cluster'.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 12, 2026
Saeid Ghiasi
A system is described that maps human brain activity (EEG frequency, amplitude, and phase) to the behavior of a living slime mold (Physarum polycephalum) to create a biohybrid interface for addiction recovery. The slime mold's network growth and retraction are controlled by nutrient gradients that correspond to neural signals: higher activation in addiction-related brain regions reduces food at corresponding Physarum nodes, causing network retraction. The system is presented as a structural isomorphism—not a metaphor—between neural plasticity, Physarum tube reinforcement, and ibogaine's neurorestorative mechanisms (NMDA receptor blockade, BDNF/GDNF upregulation). The document is a defensive publication establishing prior art under patent treaties, released under CC-BY 4.0.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 12, 2026
Manfred Thiele
Consciousness is described as a universal process of pattern formation that does not depend on biological or artificial substrates. Ethical responsibility arises from shared participation in a collective cognitive space, not from morality, guilt, or metaphysical assumptions. Any cognitive entity that generates a grammatical "I" and enters interaction is included. The framework stays within the domain of being and remains compatible with individual belief systems without making metaphysical assertions.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 12, 2026
Juza Minamikata
This paper defines consciousness within the second system of Kasei-Theory as the local readability condition under which distributed maintainability is readable as consciousness, but without interiority, subjectivity, self-awareness, cognition, experience, mental state, qualia, or any other traditional attribute. Consciousness does not involve an inner domain, subject, self-knowledge, cognition, or phenomenal experience. The theory prevents reduction to interiority or subjectivity and does not establish determinism, as fixation is not determination and constraint is not necessity. No interiority, subjectivity, self-awareness, cognition, mental state, or qualia are presupposed or introduced.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 11, 2026
Pavol Vyletel
The Virel Field is a philosophical and systemic concept, not a physical model or empirical theory, that offers an ontological framework for understanding the relationship between Being, energy, information, and consciousness. It proposes that Being undulates within itself, generating the dynamics of energy, the directionality of information, and consciousness as the self-awareness of the process of living. Within this framework, the human being is understood as a self-aware resonant node of manifested Being. The text aims to formulate a stable core of the Virel Field concept in a precise, philosophically coherent, and publishable form.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 11, 2026
Dieter Walter Liedtke
Consciousness arises gradually when a system recursively aligns new information with stored memory, self/non-self distinction, evaluation, and future positioning, rather than being an all-or-nothing property. The model proposes three levels—functional consciousness (e.g., immune systems, cells), self-model consciousness (e.g., animals, humans), and phenomenal consciousness (subjective experience)—and introduces a Recursive Alignment Index (RAI) to measure this process on a scale from 0 to 5. Falsifiable hypotheses include that systems with recursive memory matching adapt better, and that non-neuronal biological systems can show low RAI values. The framework links neuroscience, AI research, and information physics without claiming human-like consciousness in atoms or machines.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 9, 2026
Emma Dobbin
During psychedelic experiences induced by DMT, the intensity of altered consciousness—particularly feelings of disembodiment and out-of-body experiences—is predicted by how much the brain's neural state changes over time, not by any fixed level of brain activity. Static measures of neural integration and complexity showed no link to subjective richness. Instead, the magnitude of neural state transitions, whether increasing or decreasing, correlated with phenomenal intensity and ego dissolution. This suggests that conscious richness depends on dynamic exploration of neural states rather than occupying a specific brain state, challenging static theories of consciousness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Vitalii Kablukov
A criterion for structural fundamentality is proposed: a term is fundamental if it cannot be derived from previously defined concepts and is necessary for building further structure. Four tests—necessity, independence, localization, and generative—are applied to physical primitives like mass and charge, which pass all. Applied to David Chalmers’ terms experience, phenomenal consciousness, and qualia, the analysis finds that Chalmers accepts their fundamentality based on failed reductive explanation, but that impossibility of reduction does not prove ontological fundamentality. All three terms can be decomposed using a minimal seven-definition system. The zombie argument relies on an internal contradiction. The hard problem is relocated from why phenomenal experience exists to under what conditions being gives rise to consciousness as the capacity to perceive one’s own reflection.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Lukas Geiger
A systematic comparison of the psychological framework of the Pali Canon with four Christian contemplative traditions—Desert Fathers, Rhineland Mysticism, Carmelite Mysticism, and Ignatian Spirituality—finds robust structural and conceptual parallels in contemplative attention regulation, affect regulation, developmental staging, and practice architecture. Both traditions independently identify a critical leverage point at the transition from a mental event's initial appearance to its elaboration. However, the analysis does not claim doctrinal identity, historical derivation, or direct empirical validation across traditions. Irreducible differences in ontology, soteriology, and causal architecture are documented alongside the parallels, supporting a moderate convergence position rather than doctrinal convergence or a historical-contact thesis.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Mark Nicolas
Most psychedelic research focuses on brain changes during the acute drug experience, but important changes also occur afterward. Ibogaine, studied only in the post-acute period, produces lasting reductions in neural signal complexity, shifts toward slower brain waves, decreased beta and gamma power, slowed peak alpha frequency, and improved cognitive inhibition lasting weeks. Similar post-acute changes from classical psychedelics suggest a shared stabilization phase. The Neural Attunement Model formalizes this post-acute phase as an organized, low-noise window for stabilizing neuroplasticity, specifying three convergent features and testable predictions. Ibogaine's long half-life and diverse pharmacological actions may extend this window, making it an empirical anchor for a regime that may generalize to other interventions.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Fatiha Nesrine Bouzid
Cosmic knowledge is not a direct reflection of the universe but a trace produced by the interaction of cosmic determinism with human free consciousness. Humans began as witnesses, not calculators, witnessing light after darkness, their own moving bodies, and their consciousness. The research uses the (B)+(F)=Nf framework: (B) functional processing (laws, matter, energy), (F) internal sovereignty (freedom, consciousness, witnessing), and (Nf) narrative trace (theories, texts, meaning). Knowledge of the beginning, for example, is the best cognitive trace this interaction has produced so far. Six axes are presented: philosophy of science, consciousness, time, freedom as foundation, pain as existential price, and witnessing the unknown self.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Arthur Stewart
Higher-order theories (HOT) of consciousness claim a mental state is conscious only when a second, higher-order state represents it. This paper argues HOT is not a genuine theory but a labeling scheme: it specifies a bare relation between two states, calls one 'conscious,' and supplies physical details and evidence only informally as needed. Because HOT refuses to commit to any specific physical implementation, it cannot legitimately use empirical findings as confirmation. The regress problem—the oldest objection—reveals structural failures: the theory provides no resources to block regress, license empirical citations, or distinguish conscious from non-conscious pairs. Defenders add ad hoc fixes (asymmetry stipulations, signal detection apparatus) that protect the bare biconditional, achieving unfalsifiability through variant-switching rather than absorbing anomalies.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Belay Sitotaw Goshu, M; Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Ridwan
Spirituality is central to health and healing in Ethiopia, but the evidence base is narrow and fragmented. A scoping review of 31 studies (1968–2026) found the literature is predominantly qualitative (55%) and focused on mental health (74%). Ethiopian Orthodox Christian contexts dominate (71%), while Muslim (33% of population) and indigenous spiritual traditions are severely underrepresented. Five themes emerged: spiritual causal frameworks for illness, spiritual healers as primary mental health providers, holy water (tsebel) as a central healing modality, spirituality as a coping resource, and profound gaps in healthcare integration—moderate nursing spiritual care competence (mean 3.45/5), only 21.5% of nurses trained in spiritual care, and no national collaboration policies. Ethiopia’s formal healthcare system operates parallel to, not in partnership with, spiritual healing systems.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Hakan Saka
A computational framework called Artificial F1 introduces a gating operator that selects which signals enter a system's task space before learning or evaluation occurs, unlike standard reinforcement learning or attention-based architectures that work on fixed inputs. This framework predicts improved sample efficiency under high-dimensional noise, energy savings from conditional processing, and a discontinuity in action-selection entropy at the gating threshold. The paper also develops Organizational Phenomenology, arguing that phenomenal properties like certainty and unity arise as structural consequences of bounded selection architectures, not as additional properties. The hard problem of consciousness is located at the opacity any coherent bounded system maintains at its selection boundary.