From Continuity to Contiguity: On the genesis of consciousness, culture and oral language (Part I)

Abstract

Based on my previous model and supported by a biophysical interpretation of nervous cell, nervous system, memory, mind and phylogenesis, I further propose a tensorial-relational model, aimed at providing a paleoanthropological and physicalist’s explanations of the genesis of consciousness, culture and oral language among human communities.

Part I of this four-part article series includes: Preamble; 1. General Premises; 1.1 Towards bridging the Darwinist model of evolution; 1.2 The Tensorial-Relational Model; and 1.3 Quantum descriptions of signal transduction in biological systems.