# CoFA Changelog

All notable content changes to the CoFA book and essays are documented here.
Cosmetic edits and typo fixes are NOT recorded — only substantive content changes.

Format: ## [version] — YYYY-MM-DD

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## [0.4.0] — 2026-06-17

Update ch03, essays, and whitepaper content and audio

## [0.3.0] — 2026-06-15

- Added functional blind spot argument (ch04, essays, whitepaper): consciousness cannot observe its own mechanism without using that mechanism — a structural limitation, not an empirical gap
- Added bliss-happiness-suffering theory (ch05, ch12, ch13, essays, whitepaper): bliss is the natural state of Ability; happiness/suffering arise from Capacity conditions
- Separated framework from evidence; added convergent evidence essay
- Replaced "beyond space and time" with "not reducible to spatial-temporal properties" for precision
- Regenerated audio for all affected chapters and documents

## [0.2.0] — 2026-06-03

- Revised prose in chapters 4, 6, 7 for philosophical precision
- Updated essays and whitepaper
- Regenerated audio for edited chapters
- Added CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license to copyright page

## [0.1.0] — 2026-05-31

### First published release

**What this is:**
CoFA (Consciousness as a Fundamental Ability) presents a new philosophical
framework that defines consciousness as the fundamental ability to know —
analogous to how energy is the ability to do work.

**Core framework:**
- Ability (consciousness) — universal, non-physical enabling condition
- Capacity (brain, senses, mind, intellect) — variable physical instruments
- Experience — natural consequence of Ability working through Capacity

**Contents:**
- Book: Preface + 10 Chapters + Conclusion + Glossary
- Short essay
- Long essay
- Whitepaper

**Author's note:**
This is version 0.1.0 — the theory is well-developed and coherent,
but the book continues to evolve. Feedback welcome.