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# Mind
**Status:** retained / refined (Phase I, 2026-08-12)
**Working gloss:** Mind = Model (adaptive control through models)
**See also:** H3, H4, RQ3, RN-001, RN-006
## Working definition
The adaptive modeling and regulatory dimension of a Being: how it constructs and
revises models of itself, others, environment, and relationships, and uses them
to guide action.
> **Mind = Model**
## Precedents
| Tradition | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Ashby cybernetics | regulation, variety |
| Conant & Ashby 1970 | good regulator requires a model |
| Extended / distributed cognition | Mind not confined to a single substrate |
| Social cognition (RN-006) | self/other/relation models co-adapt through interaction |
## Notes
- Prefer model-based control over intelligence or consciousness as foundation.
- “Model” should not be restricted to explicit propositional representation only
(enactive critiques remain open — OQ-055).
- Co-adaptive model building is joint evolution through interaction, not model exchange.
## Open issues
- Minimal model apparatus for a Mind
- Recursive depth for social personhood
- Collective / distributed Mind boundaries (TE-05)
## Sources
`research/foundations/001-*.md`, `Research Note 006 — Social Mind and Co-Adaptive Model Building.md`