Structural Consciousness and the Limits of Experimental Verification: Toward an Empirically Tractable Theory of Judgement-Based Mind

This paper addresses the empirical testability of a recently proposed theory of consciousness grounded in the Judgemental Triad (JT). While many theories posit correlates or simulations of consciousness, few offer a structurally necessary model that bridges philosophy, biology, and physics. We argue that although direct verification of consciousness remains epistemically opaque, the structural preconditions for consciousness—constructibility, coherence, and resonance—can be probed through a set of well-defined experimental proxies. We map these proxies onto feasible biological, cognitive, and artificial system models, offering a roadmap for future empirical work. This theory does not reduce consciousness to mechanics, but formalizes the mechanics required for consciousness to be possible.