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concept:anatomical-homeostasisAnatomical Homeostasis
Ability of organisms to adjust anatomy despite injury or rearrangement; demonstrates collective problem-solving in morphospace.
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- Collective Morphogenesismembers_of
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- Morphogenesis is an example of basal cognition, a collective intelligence of cells navigating morphospace.associated_withextendsAsserts that developmental biology can be understood through the lens of problem-solving and cognitive concepts.
- Authors' central interpretive assertion: all intelligent agents respond to homeostatic mismatch; this observation grounds an ethics not requiring permanent essences.
- Stress induces concern and engagement—stress engenders care, defined as concern for homeostatic stress relief.associated_withDescribing the causal arrow from stress to care in the SCI loop.
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- Xenopus Developmentcites
Concepts (17)
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- Collective Intelligenceassociated_withextendsRecognition that selves are composite systems of competent parts; all intelligences are higher-level selves made of cells or components.
- Bioelectricityassociated_withimplementsProposed 'cognitive glue' common to both neural and developmental collective intelligence; implemented by ion channels and electrical synapses.
- Stress Sharingassociated_withimplementsCore concept: the hypothesis that cells can leak or export stress signals to neighbors, enabling collective coordination toward morphogenetic goals without explicit altruism.
- homeostatrelated_toAshby’s cybernetic device that achieves stability against perturbations; influenced Alexander’s notion of connected subsystems.
- Morphogenesisassociated_withProcess by which cellular collectives generate large-scale structure and form; presented as a collective intelligence problem.
- CaregatesEngagement and concern in response to stress; the activating driver that transforms intelligence from mere capacity into problem-solving action.
- Stresssame_concept_asDefined as discrepancy between current and optimal state; key driver of homeostatic action and intelligence across all systems.
- Stress-Care-Intelligence (SCI) LoopimplementsCore framework: stress (perceived mismatch between current and optimal states) → care (engaged concern) → intelligence (capacity to identify and solve problems) → new stresses, in recursive loops. Applies to biological, technological, and hybrid systems.
- Homeostasissubtype_ofBiological principle whereby agents maintain sensations within hospitable range; basis for active inference motivation.
- Dukkhaassociated_withSanskrit term for stress/dissatisfaction; delta between current state and optimal state; driver of homeostatic loops
- Morphogenesis as Collective Intelligenceassociated_withThe view that embryogenesis and regeneration are instances of collective problem-solving by cell groups navigating morphospace toward target morphologies.
- Samsaraassociated_withBuddhist concept of continuous stress/suffering (dukkha) as inevitable condition of existence; analogous to infinite evolution of stress.
- Anatomical homeorhesissubtype_of
- Bioelectric PrepatternimplementsA prespecified target morphology encoded as an anatomical setpoint; paper uses the 'electric face' from frog embryogenesis as a model system.
- Anatomical Targetsubtype_of
- Salamander limb regenerationassociated_withBiological example of anatomical homeostasis: amputated limb regrows and knows when to stop, demonstrating error-minimization and setpoint-seeking behavior.
- Xenopus craniofacial correctionassociated_withBiological evidence that scrambled amphibian faces remodel toward correct anatomy, supporting progressive error-minimization hypothesis.
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- When eyes, nostrils, and jaws were mispositioned, they moved via novel trajectories and stopped upon reaching correct frog face positions, demonstrating anatomical homeostasis.
- Evidence of morphogenetic problem-solving and anatomical homeostasis across serious perturbations; demonstrates collective intelligence in development.
- Frog legs regenerated after specific induction did not form a paddle with interdigital apoptosis but grew digits from a central core, reaching correct final form via atypical intermediate states.
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- Identifies the gap in understanding the setpoints and stop signals in anatomical homeostasis.
- Paper asks whether care expands linearly with problem scale (e.g., caring about 10,000 vs. 1,000 people); hints at necessary bounds on cognitive capacity.
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