Prospects for the Science of Enaction: Introduction to the Special Issue

Russell Meyer, Marilyn Stendera, Jodie Russell, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Creative Arts and Humanities, University of Wollongong, Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham

Adaptive Behavior: Animals, Animats, Software Agents, Robots, Adaptive Systems

Published online on July 31, 2026

Abstract

Adaptive Behavior, Ahead of Print.
Enactivism, as a radical framework for understanding cognition based on the flexible dynamics of living systems, developed in the late 20th century in response to problems faced by the prevailing model of cognitivism. It aimed to be all-encompassing, ...