The article schematically presents four types of codes associated with four forms of intelligence of the living (genomic, sensorimotor, symbolic and digital). It is particularly interested in the feedback effects of each higher level on previous levels and the sustained trend towards externalization. | Towards a trans-epistemic society Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 4 107-120 March 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Towards a trans-epistemic society André Petitat University of Lausanne Social Sciences Institute Switzerland Abstract. The article schematically presents four types of codes associated with four forms of intelligence of the living genomic sensorimotor symbolic and digital . It is particularly interested in the feedback effects of each higher level on previous levels and the sustained trend towards externalization. The human species is now reshaping these various forms of intelligence. The boundaries between natural cultural and technical are in the process of blurring. A trans-epistemic society is emerging which expressly includes the full depth of its relations with the biosphere. Keywords. sociology history anthropology biology ecology code intelligence digital Introduction How should we interpret the present digital and neurobiological revolutions So far reflection has been oriented towards technical mediations and their societal consequences. This article integrates such an orientation into a broader perspective by articulating various types of codes and intelligences. The notion of intelligence in its most general sense refers to the ability of an epistemic subject to process information in order to generate knowledge orienting its activity. Knowledge is not necessarily fair relevant useful or self-transformative it can lead to maladjustment or even self-destruction. Intelligence has very different forms symbolic sensorimotor and more basically genomic Piaget 1967 . For nearly a century a new digital level is in the process of emerging. In this text the term embodiment refers to the biological and neurological foundations of intelligences and the term externalization to their social cultural and technical inscriptions. Codes combine simple elements to designate more complex elements and processes. Such a .
