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Concepts (12)
- Biological ComputationalismCore theoretical framework: consciousness requires hybrid (discrete + continuous), scale-inseparable, metabolically embedded computation distinct from von Neumann architecture.
- Local HamiltonianSum of windowed Hamiltonians with same window length; a key construct introduced in the paper to model local interactions on graphs
- Aneural Cognition
- Ephaptic CouplingNon-synaptic neural communication through continuous electric fields; modulates excitability and encodes neural syntax for temporal integration.
- Fluidic MemristorsMost promising artificial substrate per authors; performs computation through ion reorganization in microchannels with neural-like dynamics and embedded stochasticity.
- Hybrid Discrete-Continuous ComputationBrains perform simultaneous discrete operations (spikes) and continuous operations (graded potentials, fields) that co-determine each other; distinguishes biological from digital substrates.
- Metabolic Constraints as Architectural Driver
- Organizational Invariance
- Scale InseparabilityCentral tenet: biological computation is fundamentally non-modular; molecular, cellular, and population scales bidirectionally co-determine each other without privileged level.
- The Simulation Problem
- Topological Constraints on Self-Organisation
- Unconventional Minds
Thinkers (1)
- Nicolas RouleauCo-author; neuroscientist studying embodied and bioengineered tissues to model neural diseases and minimal cognitive systems.