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Your Mind Isn’t What You Think It Is: 4 Revelations from the Frontiers of Cognitive Science

soto² — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:03:54 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> For a long time, the dominant metaphor for the mind has been that of a computer—a complex information processor housed inside the skull, receiving inputs from the senses and producing behavioral outputs. This image of a “brain in a vat” has shaped not only science fiction but also much of our everyday thinking about …

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From Phenomenological Motricity to Enactive Cognition: Movement, Sense-Making, and Neural Modeling

soto² — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:29:11 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Abstract This short article synthesizes a philosophical and scientific dialogue bridging phenomenology, ecological psychology, enactive cognitive science, and formal neural modeling with key conceptual articulations. We examine how Merleau-Ponty’s concept of motor intentionality—the pre-reflective, embodied orientation of the subject toward the world—reconfigures the movement/consciousness relation, aligns with Gibson’s affordance theory, and finds computational resonance …

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The Enactive Paradigm and Scybernethics: Towards a Second-Order Scientific Revolution

soto² — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:50:11 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction The enactive paradigm of cognition represents a significant shift in our understanding of how organisms interact with and make sense of their world. This blog post explores the key epistemological characteristics of enactivism and introduces scybernethics as a valuable extension of this framework, highlighting the methodological consequences that point towards a scientific revolution …

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Navigating the Landscape of Enactive Biocognition: A Comparative Analysis of FEP/PP, Neurophenomenology, Micro-Phenomenology, and Scybernethics

soto² — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:55:43 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Abstract This article presents a comparative analysis of four prominent approaches to understanding biocognition from an enactive perspective: the Free Energy Principle/Predictive Processing (FEP/PP) model, neurophenomenology, micro-phenomenology, and scybernethics. Each framework offers unique insights into the nature of cognition, consciousness, and the relationship between subjective experience and objective measurement. By examining their methodologies, theoretical …

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Complex Decision-making: From Dual Processing to Scybernethics

soto² — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 06:21:58 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction In the realm of cognitive science and decision-making, Daniel Kahneman’s dual processing system theory has been a cornerstone for understanding human thought processes. However, Christophe Rigon’s scybernethics approach offers a novel perspective that not only complements but potentially transcends Kahneman’s model. This article explores how scybernethics could be viewed as the development of …

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A Number That a Man May Know and a Man That May Know a Number

soto² — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:39:33 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction Warren McCulloch‘s seminal 1961 essay, “What is a Number, that a Man May Know It, and a Man that He May Know a Number?“, laid the groundwork for what would later be recognized as second-order cybernetics[1]. This profound question continues to resonate within the fields of cognitive science, cybernetics, and philosophy of mind. …

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Re-membering and Un-forgetting: Memory, Anamnesia, and the Sciences of Cognition

soto² — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:41:49 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> A Historical Echo of Memory and Forgetting The concepts of memory and forgetting, or anamnesis, have echoed through the corridors of human thought for millennia, inspiring philosophers, artists, and scientists alike. From Plato’s theory of recollection to Nietzsche’s concept of eternal recurrence or Bergson’s concept of durée, the interplay between remembering and forgetting has …

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The Art of “Com-putation”: Intuition, Balance, and Second-Order Logic

soto² — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:43:51 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction In our fast-paced world, we’re constantly bombarded with information and decisions. How do we make sense of it all? In scybernethics, we explore this question by diving deep into the heart of what we call “com-putation,” a process that goes far beyond mere calculation. It’s an embodied, intuitive approach to meaning-making that involves …

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De-Construction: Derrida, Stiegler and Scybernethics

soto² — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:29:47 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction The relationship between Scybernethics de-construction, Derrida’s deconstruction, and Stiegler’s techno-philosophy can be understood as a profound interplay of critical thought, recursive logic, and the exploration of conceptual dipoles. Scybernethics, with its emphasis on second-order rationality (logic²), resonates strongly with Derrida’s deconstruction of binary oppositions and Stiegler’s rethinking of technics as constitutive of human …

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Exploring Scyberspace: A New Framework for Cognition, Mathematics, and Ethics

soto² — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:17:09 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction In this article, we explore the concept of scyberspace, a novel representational framework that integrates first-person and third-person epistemologies to study cognition, meaning-making, and recursive dynamics. Drawing inspiration from diverse fields such as geometry, topology, enactivism, and computational paradigms, scyberspace offers a powerful tool for bridging classical and modern approaches to understanding cognition. …

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