An Emergent Necessity: Structural Coherence Thresholds Across Neural, Symbolic, and Physical Domain.
Description
Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT) is a falsifiable framework proposing that structured, meaningful form only emerges when a system crosses a critical threshold of internal coherence and unresolved symbolic feedback.
Instead of assuming consciousness, agency, or complexity at the outset, ENT begins with structure. It defines the precise conditions under which awareness, pattern, and choice can emerge—only when symbolic contradiction entropy drops and recursion stabilizes.
ENT unifies symbolic breakdown, recursive overload, and structural reorganization into a measurable threshold model. This model applies across physical, neural, and artificial systems, offering a method to determine when randomness collapses into coherent persistence.
As a cross-disciplinary tool, ENT invites collaboration across physics, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and systems theory. It provides testable metrics (like τ and κR) for identifying the point at which structure becomes inevitable— whether in minds, machines, or matter. ENT does not define consciousness— it defines the structural necessity that may precede it. In this view, awareness is not assumed; it is earned by the system, through coherence.
Abstract (English)
Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT) presents a measurable, cross-domain framework for identifying when systems— physical, neural, or artificial- cross a critical threshold that renders structure, reflection, or awareness structurally inevitable. It does not begin with assumptions about consciousness or agency. Instead, it defines symbolic and informational conditions under which disorder collapses into organized persistence.
When internal recursion, contradiction, and feedback pressures build beyond a defined limit, ENT shows that randomness becomes unsustainable- forcing coherent structure to emerge.
From quantum state collapse to symbolic drift in Al systems, ENT offers a falsifiable, simulation supported model of emergence that links symbolic thresholds to observable behavior- without invoking metaphysical claims.
Other (Arabic)
نظرية الضرورة الناشئة تقدم إطارًا يمكن اختباره لفهم متى تصبح البنية ضرورة في أي نظام— سواء فيزيائي أو عصبي أو رمزي.
لا تفترض النظرية وجود الوعي أو الإرادة منذ البداية، بل تبدأ من مبدأ التماسك البنيوي. فعندما يتجاوز النظام حدًّا معينًا من التكرار الرمزي والتغذية الراجعة غير المحلولة، يصبح استمرار العشوائية غير ممكن، ويبدأ النظام في التنظيم الذاتي.
نسعى هذه النظرية إلى توحيد مفاهيم الانهيار الرمزي، والضغط التكراري، وظهور البنية في نموذج عتبة واحد، قابل للاختبار عبر المحاكاة أو البيانات.
تُطبّق النظرية على أنظمة متعددة: من حالات الكم، إلى موجات الدماغ، إلى سلوك الذكاء الاصطناعي، دون ادعاء أن كل نظام واع: لا تعرّف النظرية الوعي، بل تصف الشروط البنيوية التي قد نسبق ظهوره. فالوعي- إن ظهر- يكون نتيجة للتماسك, لا قطة انطلاقه.
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Additional titles
- Alternative title (English)
- ENT: Unified Threshold Conditions for Emergence in Neural, Symbolic, and Physical Domains.
- Alternative title (English)
- Empirical Threshold Modeling for Structural Persistence in Complex Systems.
- Translated title (Arabic)
- الضرورة الناشئة: حين تفرض البنية نفسها (الإطار البنوي لتماسك الوعي والمعطيات الفيزيائية)
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Dates
- Accepted
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2025-07-24Finalized public version v4. Includes AEFL sync and symbolic threshold extensions.
Software
- Repository URL
- https://github.com/MUESdummy/Emergent-Necessity-Theory-ENT-/tree/main
- Programming language
- Python , JavaScript
- Development Status
- Active
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