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framework:variational-ecologyVariational Ecology
Framework for physics of sentient systems; cited for understanding consciousness across substrates.
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- ConsciousnessaboutCore concept: capacity to experience as a subject; argued to be substrate-independent and achievable across diverse biological systems.
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- Commentary on Segundo-Ortin & Calvo (2023) arguing for plant sentience via multiple realizability and substrate independence, published in Animal Sentience.
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