{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225664301","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","title":"Black Mirror Theory v0.2: Recursive Reflective State Dynamics \u2014 A Conceptual Research Proposal","display_name":"Black Mirror Theory v0.2: Recursive Reflective State Dynamics \u2014 A Conceptual Research Proposal","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225664301","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.24091846","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article-journal"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5161319008","display_name":"Warren C. Sholtz","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sholtz, Warren C.","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5161319008"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.4650999903678894,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.4650999903678894,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11883","display_name":"Embodied and Extended Cognition","score":0.2870999872684479,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14394","display_name":"Cognitive Science and Education Research","score":0.10920000076293945,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interpretation","display_name":"interpretation","score":0.3109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feedback-mechanisms","display_name":"feedback mechanisms","score":0.7350000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/self-modeling","display_name":"self-modeling","score":0.7179999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/secondary-storage","display_name":"external memory","score":0.9089999794960022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/journaling","display_name":"journaling","score":0.8519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/salience","display_name":"salience","score":0.871999979019165}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.589900016784668},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5845000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776359362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145286","display_name":"Representation (politics)","level":3,"score":0.5063999891281128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C527412718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855395","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4986000061035156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778035492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7315176","display_name":"Research program","level":2,"score":0.45500001311302185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.44029998779296875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776401178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12050496","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.42969998717308044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.4058000147342682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37736160","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1801315","display_name":"Adversarial system","level":2,"score":0.38830000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14224292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13600188","display_name":"Conceptual framework","level":2,"score":0.37070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43214815","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310987","display_name":"Reliability (semiconductor)","level":3,"score":0.36010000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.3492000102996826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13606891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2623243","display_name":"Conceptual model","level":2,"score":0.3474000096321106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146834321","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979672","display_name":"Closure (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.3416000008583069},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.3352999985218048},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.3197000026702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3133000135421753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94966114","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29256","display_name":"Black box","level":2,"score":0.30889999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.2994999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145912823","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113558","display_name":"Dynamics (music)","level":2,"score":0.2953000068664551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780385302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367158","display_name":"Protocol (science)","level":3,"score":0.2912999987602234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166052673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83021","display_name":"Empirical evidence","level":2,"score":0.2867000102996826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161301231","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3478658","display_name":"Knowledge representation and reasoning","level":2,"score":0.2822999954223633},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77618280","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1155772","display_name":"Scheme (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.27880001068115234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778112365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511065","display_name":"Sequence (biology)","level":2,"score":0.27810001373291016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154504017","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853614","display_name":"Identifier","level":2,"score":0.27709999680519104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779318504","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1438035","display_name":"Research design","level":2,"score":0.2752000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.26989999413490295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116834253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039217","display_name":"Identification (biology)","level":2,"score":0.2685999870300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162919384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6883388","display_name":"Development theory","level":2,"score":0.26570001244544983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776542497","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5266672","display_name":"Development (topology)","level":2,"score":0.2612999975681305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776021637","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28934873","display_name":"Frith","level":2,"score":0.25850000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133112747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7251931","display_name":"Protocol analysis","level":2,"score":0.25459998846054077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.25290000438690186}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.24091846","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article-journal"},{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.24091847","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091847","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091847","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article-journal"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.24091846","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24091846","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article-journal"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7167023330","https://openalex.org/W7225448795","https://openalex.org/W7084671992","https://openalex.org/W7083625609","https://openalex.org/W7135387923","https://openalex.org/W7110822536","https://openalex.org/W7225689927","https://openalex.org/W7225010524","https://openalex.org/W7160424001","https://openalex.org/W7133136181"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Black":[0,117],"Mirror":[1,118],"Theory":[2],"is":[3,123,127,159],"examined":[4],"as":[5,76],"a":[6,16,25,37,83,128],"candidate":[7],"mid-level":[8],"account":[9],"of":[10,54],"recursive":[11,72],"reflective-state":[12],"dynamics,":[13],"rather":[14,81],"than":[15,82],"novel":[17],"fundamental":[18],"feedback":[19],"mechanism.":[20],"The":[21,125],"restricted":[22],"proposal":[23],"concerns":[24],"representation":[26],"meaningfully":[27],"associated":[28],"with":[29,89,187,264],"an":[30,101],"agent\u2019s":[31],"earlier":[32],"cognitive":[33],"state":[34,40],"that":[35],"re-enters":[36],"later,":[38],"non-identical":[39],"and":[41,70,85,96,112,137,169,185,197,201,210,233,259],"contributes":[42],"to":[43],"modifying":[44],"constraints":[45,80],"on":[46],"subsequent":[47],"interpretation,":[48,258],"reflection,":[49],"or":[50,120,154,227,249],"action.":[51],"Repeated":[52],"closure":[53],"such":[55],"state-referenced":[56],"re-entry":[57,69],"may":[58],"yield":[59],"history-sensitive":[60],"reflective":[61],"trajectories.":[62],"This":[63,176],"paper":[64,126],"distinguishes":[65],"ordinary":[66],"interpretation":[67],"from":[68,190],"genuine":[71],"closure,":[73],"treats":[74],"\u201cpins\u201d":[75],"shorthand":[77],"for":[78,133,240,252],"heterogeneous":[79],"primitive,":[84],"recognizes":[86],"strong":[87],"overlap":[88],"feedback,":[90],"journaling,":[91],"external":[92],"memory,":[93],"salience,":[94],"self-modeling,":[95],"prior-weighted":[97],"inference.":[98],"It":[99],"presents":[100],"explicitly":[102],"provisional":[103],"notation,":[104],"discriminant":[105],"hypotheses,":[106],"matched-control":[107],"study":[108,153],"designs,":[109,209],"possible":[110],"falsifiers,":[111],"known":[113],"limitations.":[114],"No":[115,146,150],"distinctive":[116],"effect":[119],"empirical":[121,148,228],"validation":[122],"claimed.":[124],"source-bounded":[129],"conceptual":[130,143,203],"synthesis":[131],"prepared":[132],"independent":[134,147,155,224],"literature":[135,199],"review":[136,226],"research":[138,144,177,208],"design":[139],"appraisal.":[140],"Status:":[141],"Unreviewed":[142],"proposal.":[145],"validation.":[149,229],"executed":[151],"human-subject":[152],"dual-coder":[156],"reliability":[157],"result":[158],"reported.":[160],"Author:":[161],"Warren":[162,182],"C.":[163,183],"Sholtz.":[164],"Research":[165],"&":[166],"Development":[167],"Assistant":[168],"collaborator:":[170],"Tina":[171],"Witowski.":[172],"Substantial":[173],"AI":[174,193,244],"assistance:":[175],"program":[178],"was":[179],"directed":[180],"by":[181],"Sholtz":[184],"developed":[186],"substantial":[188],"assistance":[189,194],"OpenAI":[191],"ChatGPT.":[192],"affected":[195],"drafting":[196],"revision,":[198],"discovery":[200],"summarization,":[202],"formalization,":[204],"competitor":[205],"comparisons,":[206],"proposed":[207],"editorial":[211,261],"preparation":[212],"throughout":[213],"the":[214,253,265],"manuscript.":[215],"AI-assisted":[216],"adversarial":[217],"checks":[218],"were":[219],"internal":[220],"development":[221,242],"aids,":[222],"not":[223,236,247],"peer":[225],"Historical":[230],"model":[231],"identifiers":[232],"versions":[234],"have":[235],"been":[237],"independently":[238],"established":[239],"every":[241],"session.":[243],"tools":[245],"are":[246],"authors":[248],"contributors.":[250],"Responsibility":[251],"argument,":[254],"factual":[255],"accuracy,":[256],"citations,":[257],"final":[260],"decisions":[262],"rests":[263],"human":[266],"author.":[267]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-11T12:16:26.678958","created_date":"2026-11-10T00:00:00"}