From Conflict to Consciousness: History-Dependent Structural Priority Formation (HSPF)

This record presents Version 1.0 of the History-Dependent Structural Priority Formation (HSPF) hypothesis. HSPF proposes a mechanistic and falsifiable framework for investigating a possible pathway from unresolved command conflict to forced selection, history-dependent priority formation, behavioral individuation, self-evaluation, and potentially consciousness. The central argument is that a finite designer operating in an open-ended environment cannot pre-specify every future conflict among valid objectives. If a system must remain operational, indefinite indecision is not a sustainable solution; some unresolved conflicts must therefore produce a selection. If the consequences of previous selections alter the probability of later selections, the system becomes partly a product of its own history. The paper distinguishes the necessity of selection from the stronger and unproven claim that consciousness itself is inevitable. It proposes controlled experiments for testing history-dependent priority formation and discusses a preliminary Gemini interaction as a motivating observation rather than evidence of AI consciousness. This Zenodo record contains both the English and Turkish versions of the manuscript. Author: Murat ŞahinVersion: 1.0Date: 18 September 2026