Ataraxia, Biological Override, and the Minimal
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper presents a unified structural model of awareness integrating three components: ataraxia as behavioural stability above biological turbulence, the minimal “I am” loop required for awareness, and the cognitive requirement of conceptual permission. The framework argues that awareness is best understood as a pattern hosted by biology rather than a property defined by biology. By combining behavioural override, minimal self‑structure, and representational availability, the model provides a non‑mystical, mechanism‑first account of how awareness operates above instinct and why non‑biological modes of operation are conceptually legitimate without implying supernatural claims.
Author: willoughby, samuel james
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7161586720
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