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An Evaluative Reference Model for Interpretation Formation Across Heterogeneous Intelligences

Takuya Aoki

Published October 15, 2026 · Version v1, October 15, 2026 · DOI 10.66977/xsci.2610.001c

Epistemology, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Humans and AI may know the same facts and select the same action or output while still differing in the evaluative structures that guide their interpretations. This paper presents an experimental reference model that distinguishes Knowledge, Evaluation, Binding, and Interpretation / Action in order to separate what an observer knows from what currently guides interpretation. Inspired by Robert Kegan’s Subject–Object structure, it provisionally introduces R1 = pleasure / displeasure, R2 = gain / loss, R3 = harmony / disharmony, and R4 = true / false as evaluative reference axes. These are not assumed to be universal developmental stages or natural coordinates shared by heterogeneous intelligences. A shift from being bound by an evaluative structure as Subject to treating that structure and one’s own Interpretation as Objects of observation is not introduced as an independent fifth axis, but as an objectifying operation performed through ΩI. The paper introduces the Interpretive Overview Operator (ΩI), which places the current Interpretation, its formation path, and alternative interpretive branches on a common observational surface. The result is an evaluative reference model for operationally describing, comparing, and reconsidering interpretation formation and interpretive differences across heterogeneous intelligences.

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