Prior Art — Metaphysics and Philosophy
Prior-art cluster pa000005 — Metaphysics and Philosophy: 12 representative references and 10 structural-challenge edges curated from the central bibliography.
Cluster ID: pa000005 · 21 bibliography entries in domain
Metaphysics and Philosophy
Classical and modern philosophy engaged by Book VII: Aristotelian ethics and metaphysics, Cartesian foundations, Hegelian aesthetics, phenomenology (Merleau-Ponty), and modern philosophy of mind (Block, Dennett, Damasio, Edelman & Tononi). The cluster grounds the program's four-register (Reg_E / Reg_P / Reg_D / Reg_C) architecture, the No Forced Stance theorem (VII.T47), the Categorical Imperative derivation in Book VII, and the Hard Problem of Consciousness Challenge Response. Reviewers comparing the program's "consciousness as global section" framing against IIT, Global Workspace, or higher-order theories should treat this cluster as the prior-art horizon and read Red-team FAQ #11–#13 for the program's own posture statements.
Representative references
Curated subset (12 of 21 domain entries) — the most-cited and canonical works in this cluster. The full set is enumerable via the Bibliography browse surface.
Where this cluster bears on the program
Construction-spine steps the cluster's prior art most directly engages.
Related structural challenges
Structural Challenge Ledger items where this cluster's prior art is part of the obligation surface. Each link goes to the canonical SCL item; from there, the paired Challenge Response on the Results lane shows the program's current τ response.
SCL items resolve via the Structural Challenge Ledger; the corresponding Challenge Responses live on the Results-side projection.
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