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Volume II · Lecture 27

The Body as State-Space

Interoception, allostasis and physiology inside the geometry of mental life

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The human problem

Sleep, pain, breath, hunger, inflammation, arousal and internal sensation enter the model as state variables—not background noise beneath the mind.

Core sentence

The body is not carrying the mind; it is part of the landscape through which the mind moves.

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What this adds

The new move

It places physiology inside every account of agency, vulnerability and treatment timing.

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Publication briefing

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Embodied reachability

The body changes the cost and credibility of every transition: speech, rest, restraint, contact, effort and hope.

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Practical translation

For reflection and conversation

Three moves that return the idea to the field.

  1. Check physiology before moralizing behavior.
  2. Treat sleep and rhythm as part of the map.
  3. Use body signals as information, not commands.

Educational translation only. Not a risk assessment, treatment plan or individualized medical advice.

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Body variables reshape the field

A transition that is reachable in a regulated body may become expensive in a depleted one.

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  1. Friston, K. (2010).The free-energy principle: A unified brain theory?.Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11, 127–138.DOI ↗
  2. Clark, A. (2013).Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(3), 181–204.DOI ↗
  3. Seth, A. K. (2013).Interoceptive inference, emotion, and the embodied self.Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(11), 565–573.DOI ↗
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