?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+a+Model+of+Life+and+Cognition&rft.creator=G.%2C+Nagarjuna&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=What+should+be+the+ontology+of+the+world+such+that+life+and+cognition+are+possible%3F++In+this+essay%2C+I+undertake+to+outline+an+alternative+ontological+foundation+which+makes+biological+and+cognitive+phenomena+possible.+The+foundation+is+built+by+defining+a+model%2C+which+is+presented+in+the+form+of+a+description+of+a+hypothetical+but+a+logically+possible+world+with+a+defined+ontological+base.%0A%0ABiology+rests+today+on+quite+a+few+not+so+well+connected+foundations%3A+molecular+biology+based+on+the+genetic+dogma%3B+evolutionary+biology+based+on+neo-Darwinian+model%3B+ecology+based+on+systems+view%3B+developmental+biology+by+morphogenetic+models%3B+connectionist+models+for+neurophysiology+and+cognitive+biology%3B+pervasive+teleonomic%0Aexplanations+for+the+goal-directed+behavior+across+the+discipline%3B+etc.++Can+there+be+an+underlying+connecting+theme+or+a+model+which+could+make+these+seemingly+disparate+domains+interconnected%3F++I+shall+atempt+to+answer+this+question.%0A%0ABy+following+the+semantic+view+of+scientific+theories%2C+I+tend+to+believe+that+the+models+employed+by+the+present+physical+sciences+are+not+rich+enough+to+capture+biological+(and+some+of+the+non-biological)+systems.++A+richer+theory+that+could+capture+biological+reality+could+also+capture+physical+and+chemical+phenomena+as++limiting+cases%2C+but+%0Anot+vice+versa.&rft.date=2004-08&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4109%2F1%2FLife-Cognition.pdf&rft.identifier=++G.%2C+Nagarjuna++(2004)+Towards+a+Model+of+Life+and+Cognition.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4109%2F