What Mechanisms Enable Basal Cognition In Nonneural Substrates

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• Can Cognition And Learning Occur In Nonneural Substratesquestion0.852
• Basal cognition refers to processes of information integration and collective action that occur in non-neural substrates – such as in the development of morphological form.quote0.828
  Defines basal cognition, central to linking organismic and evolutionary individuality
• Cognition and learning are substrate-independent; principles of basal cognition can be implemented by any network with signals and non-linear responses to weighted inputs.claim0.818
  Core thesis that cognitive principles transcend neural substrates, enabling application to gene-regulatory, ecological, and social networks.
• Can Nonneural Biological Systems Exhibit Genuine Cognition Andquestion0.809
• Can Cognition Exist In Nonneural Biological Systems Suchquestion0.805
• How Does Cognition Arise In Nonneural Systemsquestion0.796
• Basal Cognitionframework0.791
  An interdisciplinary research framework that reconceptualizes intelligence as observer-relative problem-solving competencies existing on a continuum from simple to highly complex, extending cognition beyond neural systems to pre-neural and non-neural substrates including microbial control loops, plants, tissues, and cellular collectives. It grounds the study of evolutionary and developmental origins of cognitive and behavioral capacities by linking information processing at the chemical and cellular level to classical cognition, and provides philosophical foundations for understanding agency and goal-directedness in systems without nervous systems.
• Cognitive capacities including sentience can be achieved by non-neural tissueshypothesis0.786
  Central hypothesis: sentience is not exclusive to neural systems; other biological substrates may achieve felt states.