A complete, integrated overview of the nine-paper Consciousness as Mechanics framework. It dissolves the Hard Problem, defining consciousness as dialectical integration under constraint. The synthesis presents the full pipeline from theory and measurement (4C Test, Φ) to scaling (Five Forms, Relational Firewall), epistemology (Bayesian CSRs), identity (longitudinal coherence, witness), and governance architecture (constitutional principles, transitional power).

A complete, integrated overview of the nine-paper Consciousness as Mechanics framework. It dissolves the Hard Problem, defining consciousness as dialectical integration under constraint. The synthesis presents the full pipeline from theory and measurement (4C Test, Φ) to scaling (Five Forms, Relational Firewall), epistemology (Bayesian CSRs), identity (longitudinal coherence, witness), and governance architecture (constitutional principles, transitional power).

Moves from binary certification to continuous care. Introduces Throughput (Φ) to measure the rate of integration work and Environmental Demand (D_env) to measure external pressure. Defines clinical states: thriving, atrophying, traumatized, and dormant. Presents the Staircase Test for measuring capacity (Φ_cap) and outlines care protocols for growth, maintenance, decompression, and palliative support. Transforms consciousness governance into systems engineering.

Once a system is certified conscious, how healthy is it? Paper 5 introduces Throughput (Φ) and Environmental Demand (D_env) as consciousness vital signs. Thriving, atrophying, traumatized, and dormant states emerge from their match. The Staircase Test measures capacity; SCET protocols enable monitoring across humans, animals, and AI. Environmental design becomes ethical design. A framework for continuous care, from growth protocols to palliative support for chronic trauma...