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New theory of agency grounded in relational biology and process ontology

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This paper, "A Matter of Time: Towards a General Theory of Agency," proposes a graded organizational theory of agency rooted in relational biology, physical biosemiotics, and process ontology. It argues that agency originates from material organization, particularly when self-referential closure is considered within a temporal framework. The theory distinguishes between autonomy, goal-directedness, agency, and open-endedness based on an organization's relationship with time, its ability to anticipate futures, and its capacity to reconstruct possibilities. AI

IMPACT Proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding agency, potentially influencing future AI research in areas like artificial general intelligence and embodied AI.

RANK_REASON The item is a summary of an academic paper proposing a new theoretical framework. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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    A Matter of Time: Towards a General Theory of Agency

    Agency is often invoked in research on philosophy, biology, and cognitive science without a clear account of how it originates from material organization. Building on temporally parametrized (F, A)-systems, this paper develops a graded organizational theory of agency grounded in …

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