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Reweaving Coherence presents a paradigm-shifting synthesis of biological, cognitive, and systemic theory, grounded in the observation that neurobiosemiotic layers (e.g., mitochondria, emotion, interoception) realign across the Kosmic Life-Function matrix in a non-linear, context-sensitive manner. This reconfiguration, far from being anomalous, points to a deeper systemic intelligence: life is not mechanically hardwired, but semiotically interpretive and teleodynamically self-organizing.
The paper begins by framing the Kosmic Life-Functions as seven ontologically irreducible operations enabling coherence at all scales of life — metabolism, boundarying, signal processing, coordination, memory, adaptation, and participation. Against this, the Neurobiosemiotic Architecture is introduced: a developmental model of emotional and cognitive function, ranging from EZ water and bioelectric fields to constructed emotions and neural network expression.
Analysis reveals that neurobiosemiotic layers shift roles depending on the functional demands of the system. For instance, interoception may operate as signal in one context and as integration substrate in another. These reassignments reflect semiotic plasticity — the system’s capacity to reinterpret the same substrate differently based on need, constraint, and coherence tension.
Emotion is highlighted as a mobile integrator — functioning simultaneously as an energetic evaluator, boundary modulator, and symbolic reweaver of meaning. Far from being noise or reactivity, emotion is revealed as a core semiotic syntax, guiding the system’s recursive attempt to align with evolving attractors of life-value and coherence.
The model culminates in a teleodynamic gradient: from energy and perception to memory and meaning, culminating in conscious participation. This gradient is not deterministic but attractor-guided — shaped by constitutive absences and coherence potentials.
The paper concludes by proposing a semiotic ontology of function: function is not what a thing does, but how the system interprets what it does in context. This has wide-ranging implications:
- In medicine, it reframes illness as misalignment and healing as functional reconfiguration.
- In AI, it encourages models that assign function recursively in alignment with value and feedback.
- In governance, it suggests coherence restoration through participatory systems that sense and reweave social meaning across scales.
Ultimately, this work affirms that life — in its deepest sense — is not execution of function, but a living grammar of participatory becoming, continually reweaving its syntax in service of coherent evolution.
