Examining the Continuity between Life and Mind: Is There a Continuity between Autopoietic Intentionality and Representationality?

A weak version of the life-mind continuity thesis entails that every living system also has a basic mind (with non-representational form intentionality). The strong same concepts are sufficient to explain minds states) central understanding non-basic representational states). We argue recent work on free energy principle supports following claims with respect thesis: (i) there is between life and mind; (ii) all systems can be described as if they had states; (iii) ’as-if representationality’ entailed by both forms intentionality in minds. In addition this, we renders realism about computation representation compatible (although does not entail computational realism). particular, show how representationality proper grounded representationality’.