A temporal-interactivist perspective on the dynamics of mental states

* URLs: http://www.cs.vu.nl/{~jonker,~treur} Email addresses: {jonker, treur}@cs.vu.nl Abstract This paper addresses the dynamics of mental states in relation to the dynamics of the interaction with the external world. It contributes a formalised temporal-interactivist approach to these dynamics based on temporal traces for semantics and on a temporal trace language to provide an expressive means to formulate dynamic properties. The approach provides both a foundation for the dynamical and interactivist perspective on cognitive phenomena.