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    Supports→The absence of intrinsic content in some elements of the Otto+ notebook system does not preclude the system from counting as cognitive

    Neuroscientific evidence shows that synaptic weights and dendritic potentials—paradigmatically cognitive elements—lack intrinsic representational content and acquire it only through their causal-systemic relations.

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    Causal-systemic relations(as the way meaning or content gets assigned to brain activity)
    The connections and interactions between things where one part causes changes in another part, and these parts work together as a system.
    Cognitive elements(referring to brain structures that seem to be involved in thought)
    The basic building blocks or parts of thinking and mental processes.
    Dendritic potentials(as a physical component of cognition)
    The electrical signals that build up in the branching parts of neurons (dendrites) when they receive messages from other neurons.
    Intrinsic representational content(describing whether brain activity has built-in meaning)
    Meaning or information that something has on its own, by itself, without needing anything else to give it that meaning.

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    Neuroscientific evidence(as used in cognitive science and philosophy of mind)
    Information gathered from studying how the brain works, using tools like brain imaging or experiments that measure brain activity.
    Synaptic weights(how a theory-of-the-world is physically stored in the brain)
    The strength of connections between neurons in your brain; stronger connections mean signals pass more easily, like well-worn paths being easier to walk than new ones.

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