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Fundamental problem in all cognition: how distributed components learn which actions to reinforce; central to understanding collective intelligence.

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Basal Cognition
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An interdisciplinary research framework that reconceptualizes intelligence as observer-relative problem-solving competencies existing on a continuum from simple to highly complex, extending cognition beyond neural systems to pre-neural and non-neural substrates including microbial control loops, plants, tissues, and cellular collectives. It grounds the study of evolutionary and developmental origins of cognitive and behavioral capacities by linking information processing at the chemical and cellular level to classical cognition, and provides philosophical foundations for understanding agency and goal-directedness in systems without nervous systems.

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The problem of determining which parts of a system should be reinforced for overall success; fundamental in both evolution and learning.
Collective Intelligence
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Recognition that selves are composite systems of competent parts; all intelligences are higher-level selves made of cells or components.
Biological Degeneracy
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Concept that structurally dissimilar brain regions achieve same functional outcomes; supports claim that different substrates can realize same cognition.

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