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  1. Protention and retention in biological systems

    Protention and retention in biological systems

    Theory in Biosciences


    We suggest a simple functional representation of biological protention and introduce abstract notions of biological inertia and extended present.

    Abstract

    This article proposes an abstract mathematical frame for describing some features of cognitive and biological time. We focus here on the so called extended present as a result of protentional and retentional activities (memory and anticipation). Memory, as retention, is treated in some physical theories (relaxation phenomena, which will inspire our approach), while protention (or anticipation) seems outside the scope of physics. We then suggest a simple functional representation of biological protention. This allows us to introduce the abstract notion of biological inertia.

    Keywords: Memory and Cognition, protention, retention, biological time

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