Meaning, Alternatives, and the Adjudicative Function: A Distilled SCT Expression
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) May 30, 2026 Jamie Morris preprint
Description: Meaning, Alternatives, and the Adjudicative Function Core question: Why does recognized error feel qualitatively different from ordinary failure? Central claim: A system can only be wrong if alternatives existed. Meaning itself depends on the maintained possibility of relating distinctions in more than one way. Cognition therefore includes a distinct function — the adjudicative...
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20464883 (opens in new tab)
Cognition
Function biology
Meaning existential
Consciousness
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