Churchland's neuroscientific findings show that neural firing is an all-or-nothing threshold phenomenon, making biological cognition itself fundamentally discrete at the signal level.

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All-or-nothing threshold phenomenon(describing how neurons work): A biological rule where something either fully activates (crosses a minimum level) or doesn't activate at all—like a light switch that's either completely on or completely off, with no in-between.
Churchland(name of the philosopher advancing this argument): Paul and Patricia Churchland are influential philosophers who argue that our common-sense understanding of the mind will be eliminated and replaced by neuroscience, similar to how 'phlogiston' (an old theory about fire) was replaced by chemistry.
Neural firing(describing what happens at the biological level): The process of a brain cell (neuron) sending an electrical signal to communicate with other brain cells.
Neuroscientific(describing the type of analysis used): Based on the scientific study of the brain, nervous system, and how they create thoughts and experiences.

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