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Cognitive capacities including sentience can be achieved by non-neural tissues

Central hypothesis: sentience is not exclusive to neural systems; other biological substrates may achieve felt states.

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Plant Sentience
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Possibility that plants experience subjective felt states; main topic of the commentary.
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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How do plants achieve sentience without nervous tissue or centralized processor?
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Question posed and addressed by Rouleau & Levin; drives the argument that substrate independence applies to sentience.

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If different organizations of nervous tissue can achieve the same functions, the possibility that cognitive capacities, including sentience, can be achieved by other tissues should be considered.claim0.904
Conditional claim urging consideration of non-neural tissues for cognition.
Cognitive functions, including sentience, can potentially be achieved by very different systems and their disparate substrates.claim0.852
Central multiple-realizability claim of the paper, from abstract and §2.
Can Cognition And Learning Occur Without Neural Tissuequestion0.840
Non-neural morphogenetic agents satisfy most sentience criteria via electrically active cells rather than neuronsfinding0.823
Empirical basis for expanding sentience frameworks; shows Crump criteria adaptable beyond traditional neurocentric definitions.
There is no privileged material substrate for Selves; cognition can arise in neurons, single cells, plants, tissues, swarms, and engineered systems.claim0.823
Second foundational pillar of TAME; supports basal cognition and rejects brain-centrism.
Can Cognition Exist In Nonneural Biological Systems Suchquestion0.813
Cognitive capacities evolve through continuity across natural, hybrid, and synthetic life forms using conserved bioelectric mechanismsclaim0.809
Cognitive capacities exist on a spectrum and tools from behavioral sciences can be productively applied to understand and control systems far beyond familiar animals with central nervous systems.claim0.809
Core tenet of diverse intelligence; justifies the methodological borrowing across fields.

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Can consciousness and sentience be achieved by biological substrates other than nervous tissue?questions/can-consciousness-and-sentience-be-achieved-by-biological.md0.854
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Can cognition exist in non-neural biological systems such as gene regulatory networks, cells, tissues, and plants?questions/can-cognition-exist-in-nonneural-biological-systems-such.md0.844
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Can cognition and learning occur without neural tissue?questions/can-cognition-and-learning-occur-without-neural-tissue.md0.833
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Can gene regulatory networks and non-neural biological systems exhibit sentience or proto-conscious experiences?questions/can-gene-regulatory-networks-and-nonneural-biological-systems.md0.808