Анатолий Санжиев 

For decades, clinical neuroscience has been trapped in a logical paradox. We see patients who know exactly what they must do—they remember the medication, they know the schedule—yet they do nothing. We label this "memory deficit" or "negative symptoms."

But this is a methodological error.

In my new paper, I argue that we have been conflating the map (Prospective Memory) with the engine (Dispositional Commitment). By inferring commitment from the successful execution of a task, we create a tautological loop: we measure the prerequisite (memory) and call it the outcome (will).

To resolve this, I introduce the Behavioral Commitment Index (BCI)—a formative index that decouples cognitive structure from dispositional readiness. If commitment is a fragile architecture built on neural, narrative, and social foundations, then failing to act is not a moral failure. It is a structural collapse.

We must stop blaming patients for a broken engine and start building the scaffolds to repair it.

Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23467040

Десятилетиями клиническая нейронаука бьется в логическом парадоксе. Мы видим пациентов, которые точно знают, что им нужно сделать (помнят про таблетки, знают расписание), но ничего не делают. Мы называем это «дефицитом памяти» или «негативной симптоматикой».

Но это методологическая ошибка.

В своей новой работе я доказываю, что наука смешала карту (проспективную память) и двигатель (диспозициональный commitment). Выводя наличие воли из успешного выполнения задачи, мы попадаем в порочный круг: измеряем предпосылку (память) и выдаем её за исход (волю).

What if the concept is not an object — a representation, a rule, a neural pattern — but an act? This paper examines the dominant theories of concept in Western and Eastern philosophy and argues that they all share a fundamental limitation: they treat the concept as a static entity, not a dynamic process.

This is where the "Concept as Act" series begins.

📄 Full paper: https://zenodo.org/records/22873767
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I've published the complete "Concept as Act" series — 19 papers developing a non-anthropocentric framework for machine accountability.

The series is grounded in the Triadic Theory of Action (Selection, Identification, Anticipation) and introduces Functional Responsibility as an alternative to both moral personhood and legal fiction.

It covers:

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