Much like boolean algebra isn't fundamental to computing & programming in an abstract sense, but rather is an arbitrary low-level design choice, I don't think brains are fundamental to intelligence. I'd posit the most compact substrate for defining cognition is mathematics.
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I was referring to Lakoff's characterization of philosophy and Hestenes characterization of mathematics. The commonality here is the requirement for all thought be grounded. This is a principle that is no less convincing than the principle of parsimony.
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I think the intuition that drives you and Lakoff is that there must be an ultimate source of priors, "out there" in reality. But there are only patterns, all order must be mathematically constructed.
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