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Preprint . 2026
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Unified Axioconscious Field Theory: Consciousness, Differentiation, and the Emergence of Physical Reality

Authors: Barnes, Paul W.;

Unified Axioconscious Field Theory: Consciousness, Differentiation, and the Emergence of Physical Reality

Abstract

This paper introduces Unified Axioconscious Field Theory (UAFT), a framework proposing that reality emerges from an axiomatic consciousness field, a foundational, self-existent continuum that precedes and generates all phenomena, including time, space, matter, and physical law. The field is understood as carrying within it the memory and informational imprint of every interaction and distinction that has ever occurred, enabling increasingly refined differentiation and the evolutionary development of ever more complex forms of awareness. The theory identifies conscious bias as a structural limitation in consciousness studies, proposes time and gravity as reciprocal emergent processes, reframes observation as recursive feedback between differentiated awareness and its generative source, and proposes that emotion may constitute the mechanism through which differentiation acquires valence, producing selfhood. The framework may help reframe the hard problem and address the combination problem by starting from unity rather than multiplicity.

Keywords

Consciousness, gravitytime, philosophy of physics, conscious bias, emotion and selfhood, hard problem of consciousness, qualia, philosophy of mind, non-dual differentiation, differentiation, ontology, axioconscious field theory, consciousness studies

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