Theory of the Distributed Informational Field (TDIF) A Proposal on the Nature and Location of Human Consciousness Cavali Method Multidisciplinary Research Series
Abstract
Marcos Aurelio Cavalcante
This paper proposes the Theory of the Distributed Informational Field (TDIF), a framework that repositions human consciousness not as a product generated by the brain, but as a property of a physico-quantum informational field, from which the central nervous system operates as a transducer. Individual consciousness is, in this perspective, a localized instance of access to that field differentiated between organisms by neural architectural complexity, experiential history, and the dynamic state of the nervous system. The theory further proposes that the quality of this access is modiable by training, grounded in the Cavali Protocol of Progressive Multimodal Stimulation (CPPMS), developed and self-applied by the author over four years. The TDIF is presented in critical dialogue with the leading contemporary approaches Global Workspace Theory, Integrated Information Theory, CEMI Theory, and Extended Mind identifying gaps that the TDIF seeks to ll. Testable predictions are formulated and a three-phase empirical research agenda is outlined.