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The relationship between mind and body is the same as the relationship between causally instructive mathematical facts and physics

Second core numbered hypothesis in the abstract; central analogy of the paper.

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Ingressing Minds: Causal Patterns Beyond Genetics and Environment in Natural, Synthetic, and Hybrid Embodiments

(2025) · Michael Levin

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Ingressing Minds: Causal Patterns Beyond Genetics and Environment in Natural, Synthetic, and Hybrid Embodiments
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Mathematical truths are causal (not merely descriptive), satisfying counterfactual and explanatory criteria of causation
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Supports treating Platonic patterns as genuinely causal rather than epiphenomenal descriptions.

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