Closing the loop: how semantic closure enables open-ended evolution?
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface December 17, 2025 Amahury Jafet López-díaz, Carlos Gershenson 2 citations
This study explores the evolutionary emergence of semantic closure-the self-referential mechanism through which symbols actively construct and interpret their own functional contexts-by integrating concepts from relational biology, physical biosemiotics and ecological psychology into a unified computational enactivism framework. By extending Hofmeyr's (Fabrication, Assembly) systems-a...