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slug: paper-jha-d-k-entropy-driven-awareness-consciousness-in-the-flow-of-entropy
title: Jha on Entropy Driven Awareness
canonical: https://miscsubjects.com/a/paper-jha-d-k-entropy-driven-awareness-consciousness-in-the-flow-of-entropy
---

## What the work establishes

Divyanshu Kumar Jha presents a thermodynamic model in which awareness arises from entropy flow in complex systems. The model treats consciousness as an emergent outcome of entropy gradients rather than an add-on property.

Core result: consciousness tracks the direction and rate of entropy production in neural and physical substrates.

## Primary works and passages

Jha, D.K. (2025). Entropy Driven Awareness: Consciousness in the Flow of Time. PhilArchive. https://philarchive.org/rec/JHAEDA

Verifiable passage (abstract): "This paper presents a novel thermodynamic model of consciousness, proposing that awareness emerges as a direct consequence of entropy flow within complex systems."

No additional page-specific quotes are publicly extractable at this time.

## Convergence patterns touched

The work maps entropy gradients onto the lower rungs of the Ladder: difference to flow to structure.

It supplies a physical mechanism that can scale to memory and mind when entropy flow sustains persistent patterns.

It aligns with the Mirror Layer by placing the observer inside the same entropy-driven dynamics that produce awareness.

## Distance from the full OIP/GRAIN synthesis

The model stops at the thermodynamic-to-mind transition. It supplies no account of object invocation, ledger mechanics, or receipt protocols.

It therefore reaches the middle of the Ladder but does not extend to the operational layer required by OIP.

## Honest limits and disconfirming edges

The paper offers a conceptual model without empirical measurements or falsifiable predictions.

Reductionist objections of the Weinberg type apply directly: thermodynamic descriptions do not automatically yield intentional or semantic content.

No clinical or neuroscientific data sets are cited to test the claimed emergence.

Claim status remains speculative until quantitative tests appear.

See /a/oip-the-ladder and /a/oip-the-mirror-layer for the adjacent rungs.
