A17.1 — Phi Threshold For Consciousness

Chain Position: 120 of 188

Assumes

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Formal Statement

Consciousness supervenes on information processing

  • Spine type: Axiom
  • Spine stage: 17

Spine Master mappings:

  • Physics mapping: Functionalism
  • Theology mapping: Ensoulment question
  • Consciousness mapping: Substrate independence
  • Quantum mapping: Quantum consciousness
  • Scripture mapping: Ecclesiastes 3:21 spirit of animals
  • Evidence mapping: Functionalism lit
  • Information mapping: Substrate-independent

Cross-domain (Spine Master):

  • Statement: Consciousness supervenes on information processing
  • Stage: 17
  • Physics: Functionalism
  • Theology: Ensoulment question
  • Consciousness: Substrate independence
  • Quantum: Quantum consciousness
  • Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:21 spirit of animals
  • Evidence: Functionalism lit
  • Information: Substrate-independent
  • Bridge Count: 7

Enables

[TO BE FILLED: List all axioms that depend on this one]

Defeat Conditions

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Standard Objections

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Defense Summary

You define “Ensouling” as an engineering metric.

Collapse Analysis

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Source Material

  • 01_Axioms/_sources/Theophysics_Axiom_Spine_Master.xlsx (sheets explained in dump)
  • 01_Axioms/AXIOM_AGGREGATION_DUMP.md