Nair, Ayyappan Manikantan: The Suspended Consciousness Dilemma

The Suspended Consciousness Dilemma. 2026A Thought Experiment on the Functional Isolation of Biological Hardware and Experiential Interiority Field: Theoretical Philosophy, Neuro-philosophy, Exresciousnology Abstract This paper introduces a novel thought experiment—The Suspended Consciousness Dilemma—to examine the ontological divergence between biological maturation and cognitive-experiential consciousness. By analyzing the scenario of an infant who falls into a prolonged coma immediately after birth and awakens at the age of twenty, this study evaluates whether structural neural development alone is sufficient to generate functional consciousness, self-identity, and coherent subjective reality ($B_\alpha$). Drawing upon the conceptual framework of Bhodhaanubhavam, the paper posits that biological substrates act merely as a receptive matrix, whereas consciousness requires continuous, integrated contextual inputs ($E$) and active modulator processing ($C_x$) to synthesize meaningful relative reality ($R_{\text{rel}}$). Keywords: Consciousness, Bhodhaanubhavam, Suspended Consciousness Dilemma, Neuro-philosophy, Exresciousnology, Relative Reality ($R_{\text{rel}}$), Biological Maturation, Tabula Rasa, Open-Source Plasticity, Indeterminate Modulators ($C_x$). ( direct link )