[Depreciated and replaced by V3] Determined and Unforeseeable: Free Will as Exact Forward Determination and Forced Self-Opacity
Abstract
[Depreciated and replaced by V3] This pre-V3 paper is replaced by the corresponding V3 clean-room reconstruction: From Fold to Consciousness: An Exact, Zero-Parameter and Machine-Closed Foundational Reconstruction of Consciousness and Cognitive Science from Smithian Fold Theory. The V3 source platform is https://github.com/MettaMazza/ernos-labs-sft-platform. The original DOI, concept DOI, version number and files are preserved for transparent historical provenance; this record must not be presented or cited as current V3 work. The fold is fully determined forward and exactly non-invertible backward. One state has one successor, while the distinct preimages 1/4 and 3/4 both fold to 1/2. The engine proves forward uniqueness, backward collapse and the unrecoverable preimage distinction. A self is inside the same relation it tries to inspect. The observer chain 1/8 to 1/4 to 1/2 to 1 joins measurement, self-observation, binding and unison. The act is fixed by the forward law while its completion is unavailable to the self-model before execution. From one machine-checked self-proven theorem, zero axioms and zero fitted parameters, the paper rules out libertarian indeterminism and identifies the lived openness of deliberation as the accurate internal view of a determined but self-opaque process. Scientific author and publication authority: Maria Smith, Ernos Labs. Open source: Smithian Fold Theory of Everything.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Free Will and Agency
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 22 July 2026
- Language
- EN