Does The Continuum Of Cognition Contain A True

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• Does the continuum of cognition contain a true '0'?question0.904
  Asks if there can be a complete absence of cognition/consciousness in any system.
• There is no clear bright line demarcating true cognition from metaphorical as-if cognition; cognition exists on a continuum.claim0.838
  Core TAME claim rejecting binary categories; supported by evolutionary biology and recent bioengineering.
• "Continuum of cognitive capacities—no binary categories, no bright line separating true cognition from 'just physics.'"quote0.824
  Core tenet of TAME from Table 1; foundational to gradualist approach to cognition across all substrates.
• Intelligence and cognition exist on a continuum; modern bioscience offers no support for clean bright-line distinctions between cognitive and non-cognitive beings.claim0.796
  Anti-essentialism claim: questions like 'is it cognitive?' are scientifically unjustified; modern view must ask 'what kind' and 'how much'.
• Does Consciousness Exist On A Continuum Rather Thanquestion0.793
• Does Consciousness Contain A True Zero On Itsquestion0.790
• There is no binary distinction between 'true cognition' and 'just physics'—only continuous variation in cognitive capacity.claim0.781
  Core interpretive position of TAME: gradualism replaces categorical thinking about agency and cognition.
• Continuum of cognitive capacitiesconcept0.780
  Core TAME tenet that cognitive capacities form a continuum without binary bright lines, essential for gradualist approach.