
This paper proposes that three apparently distinct scientific mysteries - the emergence of purpose from purposeless matter, the emergence of consciousness from non-conscious substrates, and the emergence of subjectivity from objective processes - are artifacts of disciplinary vocabulary rather than features of reality. It introduces the Navigation Thesis: all physical systems are characterized by state-space trajectory-following under constraint gradients (navigation). It also posit that navigation carries an intrinsic aspect (Axiom P0: the "is-ness" of state-transition), which is fundamental, not emergent. What varies across systems is the organization of navigation, formalized through two primary axes: Organized Persistence (OP) and Unity (U). The framework dissolves the hard problem of consciousness by rejecting its premise, and proposes a speculative but falsifiable extension to quantum measurement.
consciousness, navigation, thermodynamics, autopoiesis, hard problem, integrated information, free energy principle, quantum measurement, philosophy of mind
consciousness, navigation, thermodynamics, autopoiesis, hard problem, integrated information, free energy principle, quantum measurement, philosophy of mind
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