Substrate-independent consciousness & cognition

Framework arguing consciousness mechanisms transcend neural implementation, applicable to diverse physical systems including molecular and cellular architectures.

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Collective intelligence & distributed cognition6 shared
Substrate-independent cognition & consciousness3 shared
Substrate-agnostic behavioral inference of cognition1 shared

Claims (4)

Links between molecular and cellular structures of nature and how the brain sees and understands them are foundational to designAlexander's assertion that understanding natural structures at multiple scales is essential to architecture and design philosophy.
Neurons can correspond to interpretable functional roles but interpretations in terms of individual neurons are unlikely to be the most parsimoniousClaim from footnote 3, acknowledging neuron-level interpretability while arguing subcomponents are better.
The features emphasized by theories of consciousness are not unique to brains.The core argument that ToC functional principles do not pick out brains as a privileged substrate for inner perspective.
The focus on brains as substrate of consciousness is driven by convention rather than by the specific content of existing theories of consciousness.Central empirical claim: authors surveyed major ToCs and found their operations are not confined to neural substrates.

Findings (2)

In analysis of current ToCs, the operations and functional principles of most ToCs are not confined to neural substrates.This is the main empirical result from mapping the operational characteristics of popular theories of consciousness.
The operations and functional principles of most contemporary theories of consciousness are not confined to neural substrates.Primary empirical result from comparative analysis of major consciousness theories.