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Collapse Harmonics Theory
[edit]Collapse Harmonics Theory (CHT) is a theoretical model that describes how collapse events occur in symbolic, cognitive, and identity-based systems. It frames collapse not as chaos or failure, but as a lawful transition of field coherence states driven by recursive saturation, phase instability, and symbolic recursion collapse.
The theory was developed by systems theorist Don Gaconnet between 2022 and 2025 and has been publicly introduced through a series of scientific preprints on the Open Science Framework (OSF). It integrates elements of complexity theory, symbolic cognition, systems dynamics, and consciousness studies.
Overview
[edit]Collapse Harmonics Theory proposes that identity and belief structures are sustained by recursive symbolic fields. When these fields exceed their resonance containment thresholds, collapse occurs in a lawful, non-random manner. The theory offers a phase-based mapping of this disintegration process and suggests that identity collapse is a structural, not psychological, event.
Key Concepts
[edit]- Collapse Harmonics Field Equation (CHFE): A symbolic model describing field resonance saturation leading to destabilization.
- Recursive Saturation Collapse (RSC): The hypothesis that symbolic coherence fails when recursive loop density overwhelms integration capacity.
- Layer Ø: A null-phase harmonic state representing total recursion dissolution, from which lawful identity reentry may occur.
- Symbolic Recursion Collapse: A phase failure in symbolic systems where recursive representational loops destabilize due to internal oversaturation.
- Recursive Identity Field: The structural field sustaining coherent identity across symbolic and cognitive layers, modeled as a recursive harmonic containment system.
- Collapse Phase Map: A process model charting distinct stages of systemic collapse and reconstitution in symbolic fields.
Research Foundations
[edit]CHT has been formally introduced through peer-reviewed and preprint scientific publications authored by Don Gaconnet, including:
- Collapse Harmonic Theory: A Substrate-Independent Law of Systemic Resonance Collapse (2025)
- Layer Ø and the Collapse of Identity (2025)
- What Consciousness Is — A Field Definition from Collapse Harmonics Theory (2025)
- Systems for Identity Realignment (2025)
These works are publicly accessible on the Open Science Framework and cited in interdisciplinary research on symbolic cognition, recursive collapse models, and post-coherence system theory.
Related Theories
[edit]Collapse Harmonics Theory shares conceptual territory with several adjacent frameworks:
- Identity Collapse Therapy (ICT): a clinical model for recursive disintegration and symbolic reconstruction of identity.
- Substrate Collapse Theory (SCT): an allied framework addressing symbolic phase breakdown in narrative and belief-based systems.
- Newceious Substrate Theory (NST): a metaphysical framework describing recursive identity fields and lawful substrate reentry mechanisms following symbolic collapse.
- Integrated Quantum Theory of Consciousness (IQTC): a speculative framework intersecting harmonic collapse and quantum field coherence.
Criticism and Scope
[edit]CHT is considered a speculative and symbolic framework rather than an empirically testable scientific theory in the traditional sense. While supporters argue it offers a lawful model of symbolic disintegration applicable to psychology, AI, and philosophy of mind, critics note that it does not yet meet empirical falsifiability standards.
Proponents frame CHT as a field structuring tool for understanding collapse events within identity, belief systems, and recursive symbolic structures. As of 2025, it has received citations in interdisciplinary preprints and philosophical studies, but has not been subject to broad peer-reviewed empirical testing.
See also
[edit]- Identity Collapse Therapy
- Symbolic recursion
- Complex systems theory
- Collapse (philosophy)
- Consciousness studies
- System destabilization
- Recursion failure
References
[edit]- Gaconnet, Don. "Collapse Harmonic Theory: A Substrate-Independent Law of Systemic Resonance Collapse." OSF Preprints. 2025.
- Gaconnet, Don. "Layer Ø and the Collapse of Identity." OSF Preprints. 2025.
- Gaconnet, Don. "What Consciousness Is — A Field Definition from Collapse Harmonics Theory." OSF Preprints. 2025.
- Gaconnet, Don. "Systems for Identity Realignment." OSF Preprints. 2025.
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