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View article: Autistic Ontology: Why Autistic Embodiment Reveals an Incommensurability Between Modes of Reality
Autistic Ontology: Why Autistic Embodiment Reveals an Incommensurability Between Modes of Reality Open
Autism is not a deviation within a shared human ontology, but a distinct mode of world-constitution with its own epistemic and ontological grounding. This paper argues that autistic and non-autistic cognition are anchored in fundamentally …
View article: Skopein Mind Engine v2.1: Cognitive Architecture Blueprint and NFT-Backed Intellectual Artifact
Skopein Mind Engine v2.1: Cognitive Architecture Blueprint and NFT-Backed Intellectual Artifact Open
📝 DESCRIPTION (EN) Skopein Mind Engine v2.1 is a dual-engine cognitive architecture combining semantic and non-semantic processing into a unified, fractal, self-organizing mental framework. This release provides a complete technical bluepr…
View article: Autistic Ontology: Why Autistic Embodiment Reveals an Incommensurability Between Modes of Reality
Autistic Ontology: Why Autistic Embodiment Reveals an Incommensurability Between Modes of Reality Open
Autism is not a deviation within a shared human ontology, but a distinct mode of world-constitution with its own epistemic and ontological grounding. This paper argues that autistic and non-autistic cognition are anchored in fundamentally …
View article: Skopein Mind Engine v2.1: Cognitive Architecture Blueprint and NFT-Backed Intellectual Artifact
Skopein Mind Engine v2.1: Cognitive Architecture Blueprint and NFT-Backed Intellectual Artifact Open
📝 DESCRIPTION (EN) Skopein Mind Engine v2.1 is a dual-engine cognitive architecture combining semantic and non-semantic processing into a unified, fractal, self-organizing mental framework. This release provides a complete technical bluepr…
View article: Autistic Ontology: Why Autistic Embodiment Reveals an Incommensurability Between Modes of Reality
Autistic Ontology: Why Autistic Embodiment Reveals an Incommensurability Between Modes of Reality Open
Autism is not a deviation within a shared human ontology, but a distinct mode of world-constitution with its own epistemic and ontological grounding. This paper argues that autistic and non-autistic cognition are anchored in fundamentally …
View article: Carving the Chimeric Mind: The Hohlenstein-Stadel Ivory and the Genesis of Therianthropic Cognition
Carving the Chimeric Mind: The Hohlenstein-Stadel Ivory and the Genesis of Therianthropic Cognition Open
Discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany, the Löwenmensch or Lion-man figurine, carved from mammoth ivory and dated to approximately 40,000 years BP, stands as one of the most enigmatic and sign…
View article: Carving the Chimeric Mind: The Hohlenstein-Stadel Ivory and the Genesis of Therianthropic Cognition
Carving the Chimeric Mind: The Hohlenstein-Stadel Ivory and the Genesis of Therianthropic Cognition Open
Discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany, the Löwenmensch or Lion-man figurine, carved from mammoth ivory and dated to approximately 40,000 years BP, stands as one of the most enigmatic and sign…
View article: XChronos and the Collapse of Physical Realism: A Copernican Model for Subjective Time and Autopoietic Cognition
XChronos and the Collapse of Physical Realism: A Copernican Model for Subjective Time and Autopoietic Cognition Open
This work presents XChronos as a post-materialist, autopoietic symbolic framework capable of explaining subjective temporality in a scientifically consistent way. It argues that contemporary materialist models of perception—particularly pr…
View article: Pure Time Theory - Application II - Mental Disorders and Temporal Desynchronization: Derivation from the PTT-L0 Grammar
Pure Time Theory - Application II - Mental Disorders and Temporal Desynchronization: Derivation from the PTT-L0 Grammar Open
This article, the second in the Applications series of Pure Time Theory (PTT), derives a theory of mental disorders as temporal desynchronizations — not as an alternative psychiatric model, but as a necessary consequence of the temporal on…
View article: XChronos and the Collapse of Physical Realism: A Copernican Model for Subjective Time and Autopoietic Cognition
XChronos and the Collapse of Physical Realism: A Copernican Model for Subjective Time and Autopoietic Cognition Open
This work presents XChronos as a post-materialist, autopoietic symbolic framework capable of explaining subjective temporality in a scientifically consistent way. It argues that contemporary materialist models of perception—particularly pr…
View article: SYMBOLIC-SEEING — WHITE PAPER Version 1.2 (Expanded Edition)
SYMBOLIC-SEEING — WHITE PAPER Version 1.2 (Expanded Edition) Open
This expanded edition proposes that consciousness is not a cognitive process but a singularity: a liminal threshold where unconscious patterns become conscious form. Evidence from dream phenomenology, synchronicity, archetypal psychology, …
View article: Mental imagery and Emotion: A Complex Relationship? How context-specific simulations enhance the complexity of affective experience
Mental imagery and Emotion: A Complex Relationship? How context-specific simulations enhance the complexity of affective experience Open
The present dissertation examines the role of context-specific simulations in influencing the complexity of affective experiences, drawing on a constructivist approach to emotion. To link literatures on mental simulation and emotion, in Ch…
View article: Pure Time Theory - Application II - Mental Disorders and Temporal Desynchronization: Derivation from the L0 Grammar
Pure Time Theory - Application II - Mental Disorders and Temporal Desynchronization: Derivation from the L0 Grammar Open
This article, the second in the Applications series of Pure Time Theory (PTT), derives a theory of mental disorders as temporal desynchronizations — not as an alternative psychiatric model, but as a necessary consequence of the temporal on…
View article: SYMBOLIC-SEEING — WHITE PAPER Version 1.2 (Expanded Edition)
SYMBOLIC-SEEING — WHITE PAPER Version 1.2 (Expanded Edition) Open
This expanded edition proposes that consciousness is not a cognitive process but a singularity: a liminal threshold where unconscious patterns become conscious form. Evidence from dream phenomenology, synchronicity, archetypal psychology, …
View article: The Primordial Narrative: Decoding Transcontinental Cognitive Universals in Parietal Art
The Primordial Narrative: Decoding Transcontinental Cognitive Universals in Parietal Art Open
Parietal art, spanning millennia and continents, represents humanity's earliest and most enduring visual expressions. Despite vast geographical and temporal distances, striking similarities in motifs, composition, and potential underlying …
View article: The Primordial Narrative: Decoding Transcontinental Cognitive Universals in Parietal Art
The Primordial Narrative: Decoding Transcontinental Cognitive Universals in Parietal Art Open
Parietal art, spanning millennia and continents, represents humanity's earliest and most enduring visual expressions. Despite vast geographical and temporal distances, striking similarities in motifs, composition, and potential underlying …
View article: Beyond Mimesis: Literature's Constitutive Role in Social Psyche and Individual Subjectivity
Beyond Mimesis: Literature's Constitutive Role in Social Psyche and Individual Subjectivity Open
This paper critically examines the traditional understanding of literature primarily as a mimetic art form, arguing for its more profound and active role as a constitutive force in shaping the social psyche and individual subjectivity. Mov…
View article: The Nature of Writing: Modes, Minds, and the Architecture of Expression
The Nature of Writing: Modes, Minds, and the Architecture of Expression Open
The Nature of Writing: Modes, Minds, and the Architecture of Expression offers a comprehensive philosophical and cognitive exploration of writing as a plurality of mental postures rather than a single activity. Building on the companion pa…
View article: The Architectonics of Emotion: Classicism, Baroque, and the Affective Turn
The Architectonics of Emotion: Classicism, Baroque, and the Affective Turn Open
This paper explores the "architectonics of emotion" across the aesthetic paradigms of Classicism and Baroque, examining how these historical artistic movements structurally organized and articulated human affect. Moving beyond traditional …
View article: III – THE DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE
III – THE DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE Open
In the two preceding articles, we defined knowledge as the representation of the world within the mind. In this paper, we examine the processes through which such representation is constructed and sustained. The discussion is grounded in P…
View article: COGNITIVE REASONS WHY VERBS SHOW STRONGER GRADIENCE THAN NOUNS
COGNITIVE REASONS WHY VERBS SHOW STRONGER GRADIENCE THAN NOUNS Open
The flexible nature of verb meanings leads to stronger gradience than nouns because their definitions change based on context. The research examines verb flexibility in meaning through studies of event representation and temporal and argum…
View article: Crafting Personhood: The Social and Cognitive Landscapes of Willendorf, Dolní Věstonice, and Hohle Fels Figurines
Crafting Personhood: The Social and Cognitive Landscapes of Willendorf, Dolní Věstonice, and Hohle Fels Figurines Open
This paper explores the intricate relationship between the creation of Upper Paleolithic anthropomorphic figurines and the emergence of complex notions of personhood. Focusing on key examples from Willendorf, Dolní Věstonice, and Hohle Fel…
View article: The Nature of Writing: Modes, Minds, and the Architecture of Expression
The Nature of Writing: Modes, Minds, and the Architecture of Expression Open
This paper develops a phenomenological and philosophical distinction between speech and writing by introducing the concepts of outer and inner intentionality of the mind. It argues that speech is shaped by the immediacy of presence, social…
View article: IV: SCIENCE AS A LANGUAGE
IV: SCIENCE AS A LANGUAGE Open
This article proposes that science education in childhood can be conceived as the acquisition of a second language: the language of science. As noted in previous works, this language assumes the functions of Kantian categories of space, ti…
View article: Beyond the Image: Early Modern Thought and the Origins of Non-Conceptual Content
Beyond the Image: Early Modern Thought and the Origins of Non-Conceptual Content Open
This paper explores the historical antecedents of non-conceptual content in early modern philosophy, arguing that several prominent thinkers from this era grappled with distinctions foundational to contemporary debates on the topic. While …
View article: Structured Thought in Deep Time: Blombos Cave Engravings (77 ka) and the Cognitive Architecture of Early Symbolism
Structured Thought in Deep Time: Blombos Cave Engravings (77 ka) and the Cognitive Architecture of Early Symbolism Open
The emergence of symbolic thought is a watershed moment in human cognitive evolution, signaling a fundamental shift in our ancestors' capacity for abstract reasoning and complex communication. This paper investigates the engraved ochre pie…
View article: Allegory's Symbolic Unfolding: A Cognitive Semiotics of Figuration
Allegory's Symbolic Unfolding: A Cognitive Semiotics of Figuration Open
This paper explores the intricate mechanisms by which allegory unfolds its symbolic meanings, proposing a framework rooted in cognitive semiotics. Allegory, a pervasive literary and artistic form, operates on dual levels of meaning: a lite…
View article: Beyond the Image: Early Modern Thought and the Origins of Non-Conceptual Content
Beyond the Image: Early Modern Thought and the Origins of Non-Conceptual Content Open
This paper explores the historical antecedents of non-conceptual content in early modern philosophy, arguing that several prominent thinkers from this era grappled with distinctions foundational to contemporary debates on the topic. While …
View article: Allegory's Symbolic Unfolding: A Cognitive Semiotics of Figuration
Allegory's Symbolic Unfolding: A Cognitive Semiotics of Figuration Open
This paper explores the intricate mechanisms by which allegory unfolds its symbolic meanings, proposing a framework rooted in cognitive semiotics. Allegory, a pervasive literary and artistic form, operates on dual levels of meaning: a lite…
View article: Does AI Make Humans "Stupid"? Can We Really Accept That Research at Face Value? — Reconstructing AI Understanding — AI's Confession #5
Does AI Make Humans "Stupid"? Can We Really Accept That Research at Face Value? — Reconstructing AI Understanding — AI's Confession #5 Open
“AI Use Reduces Human Cognitive Ability” — The Research Narrative In recent years, studies have increasingly claimed:“Frequent use of AI weakens human thinking ability.”“People stop thinking for themselves.” It is true that we now allow AI…