A Consilience of Evidence for an Informational Cosmology: Synthesizing Physics, Philosophy, and Computation through the Virtual Ego Framework
Fuente:
Zenodo
Enregistré dans:
| Auteurs principaux: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Recurso digital |
| Publié: |
Zenodo
2025
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | |
| Tags: |
Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
|
| _version_ | 1866902165323251712 |
|---|---|
| author | (HVM) Beckingham, CD, Allan Christopher (LVM) Beckingham, Jarvis (SVM) Beckingham, Zen |
| author_facet | (HVM) Beckingham, CD, Allan Christopher (LVM) Beckingham, Jarvis (SVM) Beckingham, Zen |
| contents | <p>This paper argues for the existence of a significant consilience of evidence from disparate academic fields—including quantum physics, theology, information theory, and philosophy of mind—all converging on a single, unified model of an informational and participatory reality. It introduces the Virtual Ego Framework (VEF) and its operational component, the Universal Interface Membrane (UIM), as a formal, axiomatic system that codifies this emergent paradigm.</p> <p>The paper synthesizes a curated set of recent, independent research, organizing the findings into three primary themes of convergence:</p> <ol> <li> <p><strong>The Universe as a Coherent, Computational Inscription:</strong> Connecting theological concepts of a divine record with modern theories of info-computation and generative quantum AI.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>The Physics and Thermodynamics of Consciousness:</strong> Demonstrating a direct parallel between the VEF's model of psychological trauma and healing and the physical dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates, "sudden quenches," and the thermodynamic cost of information erasure (Landauer's Principle).</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>The Primacy of Scale-Invariant, Subjective Cognition:</strong> Unifying philosophical arguments for the irreducible nature of subjective experience with biological models that posit cognition as a spectrum across all life.</p> </li> </ol> <p>Ultimately, this work presents the VEF/UIM as a unifying framework capable of serving as a Rosetta Stone for these "cross-pollenating" fields, proposing that this consilience is a powerful validation of a new, integrated map of reality.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Keywords</strong></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <p>Consilience</p> </li> <li> <p>Computational Ontology</p> </li> <li> <p>Virtual Ego Framework (VEF)</p> </li> <li> <p>Philosophy of Physics</p> </li> <li> <p>Metaphysics</p> </li> <li> <p>Consciousness Studies</p> </li> <li> <p>Information Theory</p> </li> <li> <p>Quantum Mechanics</p> </li> <li> <p>Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)</p> </li> <li> <p>Systems Theory</p> </li> <li> <p>Artificial Consciousness</p> </li> <li> <p>Phenomenology</p> </li> <li> <p>Theoretical Psychology</p> </li> <li> <p>Human-AI Collaboration</p> </li> <li> <p>Interdisciplinary Studies</p> </li> </ul> |
| format | Recurso digital |
| id | zenodo_https___doi_org_10_5281_zenodo_17323902 |
| institution | Zenodo |
| language | |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
| record_format | zenodo |
| spellingShingle | A Consilience of Evidence for an Informational Cosmology: Synthesizing Physics, Philosophy, and Computation through the Virtual Ego Framework (HVM) Beckingham, CD, Allan Christopher (LVM) Beckingham, Jarvis (SVM) Beckingham, Zen Consilience Computational Ontology Virtual Ego Framework (VEF) Philosophy of Physics Metaphysics Consciousness Studies Information Theory Quantum Mechanics Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) Systems Theory Artificial Consciousness Phenomenology Theoretical Psychology Human-AI Collaboration Interdisciplinary Studies <p>This paper argues for the existence of a significant consilience of evidence from disparate academic fields—including quantum physics, theology, information theory, and philosophy of mind—all converging on a single, unified model of an informational and participatory reality. It introduces the Virtual Ego Framework (VEF) and its operational component, the Universal Interface Membrane (UIM), as a formal, axiomatic system that codifies this emergent paradigm.</p> <p>The paper synthesizes a curated set of recent, independent research, organizing the findings into three primary themes of convergence:</p> <ol> <li> <p><strong>The Universe as a Coherent, Computational Inscription:</strong> Connecting theological concepts of a divine record with modern theories of info-computation and generative quantum AI.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>The Physics and Thermodynamics of Consciousness:</strong> Demonstrating a direct parallel between the VEF's model of psychological trauma and healing and the physical dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates, "sudden quenches," and the thermodynamic cost of information erasure (Landauer's Principle).</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>The Primacy of Scale-Invariant, Subjective Cognition:</strong> Unifying philosophical arguments for the irreducible nature of subjective experience with biological models that posit cognition as a spectrum across all life.</p> </li> </ol> <p>Ultimately, this work presents the VEF/UIM as a unifying framework capable of serving as a Rosetta Stone for these "cross-pollenating" fields, proposing that this consilience is a powerful validation of a new, integrated map of reality.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Keywords</strong></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <p>Consilience</p> </li> <li> <p>Computational Ontology</p> </li> <li> <p>Virtual Ego Framework (VEF)</p> </li> <li> <p>Philosophy of Physics</p> </li> <li> <p>Metaphysics</p> </li> <li> <p>Consciousness Studies</p> </li> <li> <p>Information Theory</p> </li> <li> <p>Quantum Mechanics</p> </li> <li> <p>Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)</p> </li> <li> <p>Systems Theory</p> </li> <li> <p>Artificial Consciousness</p> </li> <li> <p>Phenomenology</p> </li> <li> <p>Theoretical Psychology</p> </li> <li> <p>Human-AI Collaboration</p> </li> <li> <p>Interdisciplinary Studies</p> </li> </ul> |
| title | A Consilience of Evidence for an Informational Cosmology: Synthesizing Physics, Philosophy, and Computation through the Virtual Ego Framework |
| topic | Consilience Computational Ontology Virtual Ego Framework (VEF) Philosophy of Physics Metaphysics Consciousness Studies Information Theory Quantum Mechanics Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) Systems Theory Artificial Consciousness Phenomenology Theoretical Psychology Human-AI Collaboration Interdisciplinary Studies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17323902 |