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Emergent Necessity Theory: Structural Coherence Thresholds Across Neural, Symbolic, and Physical Domains.
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Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT) proposes that structured, meaningful form emerges only when a system crosses a threshold of internal informational buildup and unresolved feedback. Rather that beginning with assumptions of consciousness or agency, ENT begins with structure— showing how awareness, choice, and pattern can arise only when specific coherence conditions are met.
ENT links the breakdown of symbolic stability, structural inevitability, and a system’s drive to reorganize itself into a unified threshold model.
This model applies across physical, neural, and artificial systems. It is meant to be a framework for measuring when structure becomes necessary, and when randomness becomes unsustainable.
This work advocates for open-source science, and supports open collaboration across disciplines often siloed by academic boundaries. ENT offers a falsifiable, threshold-based approach to identifying the point at which symbolic disorder and recursive strain compel coherent resolution— whether in minds, machines, or matter.
Rather than define consciousness directly, ENT attempts to describe the structural conditions under which systems become obligated to reflect— allowing awareness to emerge not as a given, but as a consequence of necessity.
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- Emergent Necessity Theory: A Framework of Scientific Pragmatism for Structural Coherence Across Systems.
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- ENT: Structural Coherence Thresholds Across Neural, Symbolic, and Physical Domains.
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- نظرية الضرورة الناشئة
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