Can Binary Categories Of Cognition Be Dissolved By

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• "Continuum of cognitive capacities—no binary categories, no bright line separating true cognition from 'just physics.'"quote0.798
  Core tenet of TAME from Table 1; foundational to gradualist approach to cognition across all substrates.
• The categorical distinction between physical agents (thinkers) and thought patterns can be dissolved: patterns themselves can be the agent, with the body as scratchpadclaim0.771
  Radical extension of diverse intelligence positing agency in non-physical patterns themselves.
• Intelligence and cognition exist on a continuum; modern bioscience offers no support for clean bright-line distinctions between cognitive and non-cognitive beings.claim0.768
  Anti-essentialism claim: questions like 'is it cognitive?' are scientifically unjustified; modern view must ask 'what kind' and 'how much'.
• How Can Cognition And Consciousness Exist In Biologicalquestion0.768
• There is no binary distinction between 'true cognition' and 'just physics'—only continuous variation in cognitive capacity.claim0.764
  Core interpretive position of TAME: gradualism replaces categorical thinking about agency and cognition.
• Can Cognition Exist In Nonneural Biological Systems Suchquestion0.758
• How Can Cognition Occur In Biological Systems Withoutquestion0.755
• How Can Cognition Exist At Scales Beyond Thequestion0.753