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claim:morphogenesis-and-cognition-are-fundamentally-linked-as-collective-problem-solvingMorphogenesis and cognition are fundamentally linked as collective problem-solving
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extracted_from(2023) · Clawson, Wesley P. · Levin, Michael
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Levin-influenced framework treating tissue-level morphogenesis as goal-directed, problem-solving intelligence via bioelectric signaling.
- Bioelectric and behavioral frameworks treating morphogenesis as problem-solving intelligence across scales, bridging Alexander's architectural principles with Levin's experimental regenerative biology.
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- Authors propose deep principle unifying neuroscience and developmental biology through goal-directed behavior as common thread.
- Levin's main interpretive reframing: rejects purely emergentist/mechanistic views of development in favor of treating morphogenesis as cybernetic, goal-directed problem-solving by cellular swarms.
- Testable prediction that insights from developmental bioelectricity can illuminate behavioral cognition and vice versa; grounds portability of neuroscience tools across tissue types.
- Cells work together to build structures in a context-dependent manner, meeting James' test of 'fixed ends with varying means'.
- Reframes developmental biology as a cognitive science.
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- aboutblank_kbWhat is the relationship between morphogenesis and cognition?questions/what-is-the-relationship-between-morphogenesis-and-cognition.md0.837
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