Informational-Processual Monism (IPM): Scientific Core and Philosophical Core

While debates on consciousness and AI continue to expand, these documents provide metrics, simulation methods, and philosophical analysis intended to support interdisciplinary research. Informational-Processual Monism (IPM) is a research framework for studying how complex systems organize, adapt, and persist. It explores whether common informational-processual dynamics may underlie physical, biological, cognitive, and artificial systems. Central to the framework is the concept of Lack – a structural incompleteness that drives coupling, integration, and persistence. This repository contains the current Scientific Core and Philosophical Core of IPM. Scientific Core – empirical regularities, estimators, simulation protocols, limitations, and falsification criteria derived from computational experiments. Remains methodologically agnostic. Philosophical Core – ontological interpretation, epistemological constraints, implications for consciousness, and ethical considerations. Develops a fallibilist monist interpretation grounded in the simulation regularities reported in the Scientific Core. Both documents are intended to be read together, but each can be used independently depending on the reader's focus. — Taotuner