NDT and Theories of Consciousness

This companion piece situates Noetic Diffusion Theory (NDT) among nine neighboring frameworks for consciousness and neural dynamics—including Predictive Processing/FEP, IIT, GNWT, Higher-Order Theories, Attention Schema Theory, Recurrent Processing Theory, Dynamical Landscapes, Metastability, and Network Control Theory. Rather than crowning a winner, it maps each theory's explanatory target, formal measurement object, and falsifiability conditions, and positions NDT's rhythm-sensitive geometric measurement layer (MNPS, MNJ) as a testbed on which predictions from several frameworks can be cross-checked, with evidence status graded on a disciplined five-tier scale.