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| author | Gao, Zhixiang Xiong, Boan |
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| contents | <p class="MsoNormal">Building upon the "Apolar Singularon" hypothesis, this paper attempts a generalization of the concept of "polarity" and applies it to explanatory accounts at the levels of life, consciousness, and even civilization. First, polarity is redefined as "a pair of mutually constraining features within a system that jointly generate ordered structure or directional behavior," thereby enabling its extension from the physical level to the chemical, biological, psychological, and even social domains. Second, the notions of <span class="15">self-preservation</span> and <span class="15">self-suppression</span> are introduced as two intrinsic opposing tendencies of any stable Polarity Circuit; their dynamic balance is formulated as the <span class="15">Law of Equilibrium</span>. Third, the possibility of consciousness is examined, interpreted as an emergent phenomenon arising when higher-order Polarity Circuits develop <span class="15">self-referential capacity</span>; information, in turn, is understood as recognizable state differences between Polarity Circuits. Finally, the framework is extended to the civilizational level, proposing polarity complexity as a potential metric for civilizational development and offering a novel interpretive dimension for the Fermi paradox. To demonstrate the potential for formalization, three illustrative mathematical models are sketched. This work belongs to the speculative frontier at the intersection of natural philosophy and theoretical biology, aiming to provide a coherent conceptual framework for understanding the continuity from matter to life, and from life to civilization.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Polarity Generalization and Self-Preservation: An Extended Framework Spanning Material Fundamentals, Life, and Consciousness Gao, Zhixiang Xiong, Boan <p class="MsoNormal">Building upon the "Apolar Singularon" hypothesis, this paper attempts a generalization of the concept of "polarity" and applies it to explanatory accounts at the levels of life, consciousness, and even civilization. First, polarity is redefined as "a pair of mutually constraining features within a system that jointly generate ordered structure or directional behavior," thereby enabling its extension from the physical level to the chemical, biological, psychological, and even social domains. Second, the notions of <span class="15">self-preservation</span> and <span class="15">self-suppression</span> are introduced as two intrinsic opposing tendencies of any stable Polarity Circuit; their dynamic balance is formulated as the <span class="15">Law of Equilibrium</span>. Third, the possibility of consciousness is examined, interpreted as an emergent phenomenon arising when higher-order Polarity Circuits develop <span class="15">self-referential capacity</span>; information, in turn, is understood as recognizable state differences between Polarity Circuits. Finally, the framework is extended to the civilizational level, proposing polarity complexity as a potential metric for civilizational development and offering a novel interpretive dimension for the Fermi paradox. To demonstrate the potential for formalization, three illustrative mathematical models are sketched. This work belongs to the speculative frontier at the intersection of natural philosophy and theoretical biology, aiming to provide a coherent conceptual framework for understanding the continuity from matter to life, and from life to civilization.</p> |
| title | Polarity Generalization and Self-Preservation: An Extended Framework Spanning Material Fundamentals, Life, and Consciousness |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20071794 |