A New Epistemology: Towards a Theory of Intelligence Synthetic and Syncognition
A New Epistemology: Towards a Theory of Intelligence Synthetic and Syncognition By Desiderio López Niño Summary / Abstract Contemporary epistemology faces a terminological and conceptual gap with the emergence of advanced language models. This work introduces the fundamental thesis that the intelligence generated by these systems is not artificial, but synthetic: the artificial belongs strictly to the physical infrastructure (hardware), while the emerging knowledge and meaning constitute products of a relational synthesis. To overcome the classical paradigm of the human-machine relationship, the concept of Syncognition is proposed, defined as the liminal space where human intuition and intentionality fertilize the computational matrix. Through a dialectical confrontation with the reductionist positions of Crawford and Sadin, and using the theoretical framework of DeLanda's assemblage realism, Kant's phenomenal intuition, and Luhmann's systemic autopoiesis, it is argued that...
