2025/01/01 by Javed, Mohammad
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paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/y58m2
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This work proposes Perceptual Collapse, a philosophical and metaphysical framework that explains why meaning is never transmitted intact in human communication. Departing from the assumption that communication is a neutral exchange of ideas, the model introduces a dual-faculty structure of cognition: the heart (qalb) as the primary seat of perception, and the mind (aql) as the instrument of articulation. Drawing a precise analogy with quantum collapse, the framework argues that meaning exists in a superposed state until it is received. The listener’s intention (niyyah), emotional condition, and worldview function as collapse conditions, reducing complex experiential truth into a single subjective interpretation. As a result, communication becomes an act of reconstruction rather than transmission. This study challenges empirical epistemology and linguistic realism by asserting that truth exists independently of expression, while every act of articulation represents only a partial projection. The framework is presented as part of Javed’s Quantum Thought, offering an integrative approach that bridges philosophy of mind, communication theory, and metaphysical realism.