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'Mind' and 'life' are interconnected concepts in evolutionary and philosophical frameworks, progressing sequentially as in [1] where Spirit evolves through Matter, Life, and Mind toward higher planes, and exhibiting continuity in [2] via Godfrey-Smith's thesis reconciling life and mind in evolutionary theory. Scientific works further link them, such as [3] exploring origins of life and mind, [4] unifying physics, life, and mind, and [5] examining life, mind, and agency.
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Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com 2 facts
referenceWalter Veit and Heather Browning authored the forthcoming paper 'Life, mind, agency: why Markov blankets fail the test of evolution', to be published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
referenceGodfrey-Smith's (1996a) environmental complexity thesis attempted to reconcile earlier ideas from John Dewey and Herbert Spencer regarding the continuity between life and mind within the modern framework of evolutionary theory, positing the mind as a natural consequence of the evolution of biological complexity.
Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 1 fact
referenceHumberto Maturana and J.P. Dupuy edited 'Understanding Origin: Scientific Ideas on the Origin of Life, Mind, and Society', based on the Stanford University International Symposium held in 1992.
Something Rich and Strange: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941 ... smuralis.wordpress.com 1 fact
claimSri Aurobindo envisioned that the involuted Spirit must progress through Matter, Life, and Mind into higher planes including Higher Mind, Illumined Mind, Intuition, and Overmind, ultimately uniting with the Supermind to achieve an all-transforming unity and integrity.
Quantum Models of Consciousness from a Quantum Information ... arxiv.org 1 fact
referenceR. Swenson authored the paper 'A grand unified theory for the unification of physics, life, information and cognition (mind),' published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, volume 381, in 2023.