James Wyngarde is an author and independent researcher in theoretical cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence. His work focuses on the structural conditions required for conscious experience and the regulatory processes through which identity is maintained.
He is the originator of Unified Regulation Theory (URT), and the Coherent Arc Model (CAM) of identity.
Recent papers
All papers are available here as web versions. Citable versions are hosted on Zenodo (DOI).
The Hard Problem as a Category Error (2026)
Contact and updates
Contact and updates
For new writing, visit Substack. For correspondence, email directly.
Academic profiles: PhilPeople, ORCID
Substack: @jameswyngarde
Email: jwngarde@proton.me