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biochemistry
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Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 5 facts
claimDavid Chalmers asserts that the inter-level relationship in cases like biochemistry/life and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics is constitution rather than causation.
claimDavid Chalmers notes that inter-level relationships like biochemistry/life and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics do not have an explanatory gap analogous to the brain-consciousness gap.
claimDavid Chalmers argues that the absence of contingency in relationships like biochemistry/life and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics makes the relationship between levels transparent to human understanding.
claimDavid Chalmers states that while low-level facts may be contingent, there is no further contingency in the inter-level bridge for relationships like biochemistry/life or statistical mechanics/thermodynamics.
claimDavid Chalmers argues that relationships like biochemistry/life and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics lack an explanatory gap because high-level facts are necessitated by low-level facts.
Thinking about the action potential: the nerve signal as a window to ... frontiersin.org 3 facts
claimAlmog and Korngreen (2016) argue that current Hodgkin-Huxley-based modeling of neuronal activity lacks biophysical realism because it is purely electrical and ignores biochemistry, cytoplasmic ionic concentration changes, and other intracellular processes.
claimDe Schutter (2008) observed that the Hodgkin and Huxley model is a purely electrical model that makes no reference to biochemistry, changes to cytoplasmic ionic concentrations, or other intracellular processes.
referenceWilliams (1970) published a Tilden lecture in the Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society regarding the biochemistry of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium.
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science - OUCI ouci.dntb.gov.ua 1 fact
referencePichersky et al. provided an evolutionary perspective on the genetics and biochemistry of secondary metabolites in plants.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimThomas Nagel argues that objective data about a bat's brain mechanisms, biochemistry, and evolutionary history cannot provide knowledge of what it is like for the bat to hunt by echolocation, because humans do not share the bat's specific point of view.
Alternative Biochemistries: Speculations about Strange Possibilities pressbooks.cuny.edu 1 fact
claimThe liquid state is considered a requirement for biochemistry, and the temperature range at which a chemical remains liquid depends on atmospheric pressure, with the range increasing as pressure increases.
Hypothetical types of biochemistry - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimSeveral forms of biochemistry are considered scientifically viable, although none have been proven to exist as of 2026.
Do Extremophiles on Earth Mean That Life Is Common in the Galaxy ... reasons.org Nov 22, 2019 1 fact
quoteNASA senior astrobiologist Christopher McKay stated: 'The basic biochemical similarity of living things is one of the profound results of biology. The great diversity of life forms on Earth are really just morphological variations on a single fundamental biochemistry. . . . Not only do all organisms on Earth share the same basic genetic code, but they all show clear evidence, in this code, of shared descent.'
Medicinal plants: bioactive compounds, biological activities ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimEthnopharmacology is an interdisciplinary domain that integrates botany, chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, anthropology, archeology, history, and languages to systematically observe, describe, and investigate traditional medicine.