tegwick 3fbcca209d Complete Phase I foundations (SOUL-WP-0002)

Integrate research/foundations notes 001–005 into Terminology, Claims,
bibliography, concept notes, thought experiments, and open questions. Write
phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md, finish SOUL-WP-0002, and mark SOUL-WP-0003
ready for interaction research.

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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

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