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The Essential Definition of Intelligence: Evolutionary and Developmental Origins of the Survival Domain DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6698958 |  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19997293 HighlightsDefines intelligence as survival-domain choice-space

Explanatory Breadth Without Criteria Is Not Explanation: Disciplined Generality in Scientific Theory Construction DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19822218 HighlightsThe paper defines criteria for disciplined theory

The Hierarchical Preservation Model of Decision-Making:Self-Relevance Encoding across Survival, Meaning, and Lineage–Collective Preservation DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6667120 | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19793295 HighlightsDecision-making is defined as reorganization within a

The Recurrent Causal-Process Theory of Consciousness: Minimal Causal Agency under Biological Constraints DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6680038 | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18756163Accepted for poster presentation at ASSC 29 (2026,