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The Language of Stress
Why Consciousness Isn't Optional
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The Prioritization Regress
Canonical Axioms
Theory Fundamentals
Empirical Predictions
What this Theory is Not
What a Test Needs
Constraint Map
Borrowed Scaffolds
Actions as Archetypes
Why It Must Feel Like Something
The Primitive Matters
Chalmers' Zombies
You Are the Whole Machine
The Alignment Problem
Understanding as Structure
The Newborn
The Kitchen Knives
Hunger
Glass of Water
Your Child Crying
The Sports Fan
Becoming a Fan
The Convert
LoS and Predictive Processing (PP)
LoS and Integrated Information (IIT)
LoS and Global Workspace Theory (GWT)
Corpus Index and Reading Guide
Extended Explorations (archival)
Contact
The Language of Stress
Why Consciousness Isn't Optional
Theory Paper
The Prioritization Regress
Canonical Axioms
Theory Fundamentals
Empirical Predictions
What this Theory is Not
What a Test Needs
Constraint Map
Borrowed Scaffolds
Actions as Archetypes
Why It Must Feel Like Something
The Primitive Matters
Chalmers' Zombies
You Are the Whole Machine
The Alignment Problem
Understanding as Structure
The Newborn
The Kitchen Knives
Hunger
Glass of Water
Your Child Crying
The Sports Fan
Becoming a Fan
The Convert
LoS and Predictive Processing (PP)
LoS and Integrated Information (IIT)
LoS and Global Workspace Theory (GWT)
Corpus Index and Reading Guide
Extended Explorations (archival)
Contact
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Theory Paper
The Prioritization Regress
Canonical Axioms
Theory Fundamentals
Empirical Predictions
What this Theory is Not
What a Test Needs
Constraint Map
Borrowed Scaffolds
Actions as Archetypes
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Why It Must Feel Like Something
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You Are the Whole Machine
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Hunger
Glass of Water
Your Child Crying
The Sports Fan
Becoming a Fan
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THE LANGUAGE OF STRESS
Pace, J. C. (2026). The language of stress: A value-primitive theory of consciousness. FigShare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.31320532

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0046-440X
🔬 DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/TPSRV (OSF Project)

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The Language of Stress (book): CC BY-NC 4.0

Book: The Language of Stress: Why Consciousness Isn’t Optional
Official Paper: The Language of Stress: A Value-Primitive Theory of Consciousness
The Prioritization Regress: The Central Philosophical Argument
The Primitive Matters: Why Value, Not Information, Is the Brain’s Foundational Currency
Why It Must Feel Like Something: The Necessity of Phenomenal Experience
Canonical Axioms: Official Axioms of the Language of Stress theory
What This Theory is Not: Common misconceptions of the Language of Stress theory
Theory Fundamentals: Extended theoretical overview
Empirical Predictions: Empirical claims for falsifiability
Understanding as Structure: Architecture of cognitive coherence
AI Alignment: The Alignment Problem Is an Architecture Problem