Philosophical Essays

The first Sustenesis Theory essay collection, focused mainly on philosophical questions and theoretical clarification.

Philosophy Collection

Human and Universe in Sustenesis Theory
Human beings as high-level sustained structures within the universe, with cosmology and quantum entanglement read through relation, constraint, and maintenance. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.10.
The Coherence Requirement and the Logical Ground of Sustenesis Theory
Coherence as a basic condition of life, reason, selfhood, and correction. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.8.
Language Is Not Ontology
A Sustenetic critique of Wittgenstein's philosophy of language and the temptation to treat language as ontology. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.6.
A Sustenetic Account of Consciousness and the So-Called Hard Problem
Consciousness as life-bound reflexive sustenetic integration. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.5.
Does AI Have Consciousness? A Sustenesis View of a Misplaced Question
A Sustenesis view of AI consciousness as a structural-level question. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.4.
Existence Is Not the Manifestation of Essence, but the Maintenance of Structure
A plain expression of Sustenesis Theory. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.4.
The Conceptual Loop in Marx's Materialism
A Sustenetic critique of material life determines consciousness. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.3.
A Critique of Hegel's Dialectic through Sustenesis Theory
Movement, contradiction, and negation still need stable conditions of judgment. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.6.2.
The Church as a Sustenetic Structure
Understanding religious communities through difference, constraint, and sustainment. Geoffrey Chen, 2026.5.31.

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