The Kognetik – An Autological Structure Theory of Consciousness

This whitepaper introduces **Kognetik**, a functional framework for self-modifying cognition. It defines consciousness as an autological system — a structure that perceives, repeats, and modifies its own operational rules. Kognetik unifies concepts from cybernetics, cognitive science, and systems theory into a self-consistent grammar of change. By describing cognition through the operators Resonance, Loop, and Structure, it provides a minimal, closed model of adaptive awareness.