Sensation Modulating Network: Haltability as Ground for Object-Directed Phenomenology
A recent study published on arXiv introduces the Sensation Modulating Network (SMN) as a means to bridge the divide between cognitivism and 4E frameworks in cognitive science. The SMN views the cognitive agent as an entire body, structured by opposing dynamics across all anatomical levels. It consists of Sensation Modulators arranged into Coordinated Action Zones, connected through a comprehensive body-wide broadcast network. Central to this concept is haltability, which involves the integration of conflicting affordances into a state of co-activated balance, serving as the foundation for object-directed phenomenology as described by Husserl. The authors contend that this opponency facilitates co-activation, establishing meaning while preserving generativity, and aim to detail the body's architecture to enable both recursion and embodied cognition.
Key facts
- Paper published on arXiv with ID 2605.26856
- Proposes Sensation Modulating Network (SMN) as cognitive architecture
- SMN organized by opponent dynamics at every anatomical scale
- Built from Sensation Modulators paired into Coordinated Action Zones
- Routed by a body-wide broadcast network
- Haltability is the recruitment of antagonistic affordance into co-activated equilibrium
- Haltability provides architectural locus for object-directed phenomenology
- Aims to resolve impasse between cognitivism and 4E approaches
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- arXiv