Each of us made the remarkable journey from mere matter to mind: starting life as a
quiescent oocyte (“just chemistry and physics”), and slowly, gradually, becoming an adult …

All epistemic agents physically consist of parts that must somehow comprise an integrated
cognitive self. Biological individuals consist of subunits (organs, cells, and molecular …

Synthetic biology and bioengineering provide the opportunity to create novel embodied
cognitive systems (otherwise known as minds) in a very wide variety of chimeric …

Nervous systems are traditionally thought of as providing sensing and behavioral
coordination functions at the level of the whole organism. What is the evolutionary origin of …

Central to the study of cognition is being able to specify the Subject that is making decisions
and owning memories and preferences. However, all real cognitive agents are made of …

What determines large-scale anatomy? DNA does not directly specify geometrical
arrangements of tissues and organs, and a process of encoding and decoding for …

A major goal of regenerative medicine and bioengineering is the regeneration of complex
organs, such as limbs, and the capability to create artificial constructs (so-called biobots) …

The design challenge for soft body robotics is the creation of modular, complex, self-
repairing, functional constructs. This long-range vision requires moving beyond the synthetic …

A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between
the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much work has addressed the evolution …

How does your mind work? How does your brain give rise to your mind? These are
questions that all of us have wondered about at some point in our lives, if only because …