The neuronal and mental domains cannot be rigorously distinguished

Evidence

The transition from the neuronal to the mental is con- firmed by the fact that it is impossible to distinguish the two domains rigorously and absolutely. If, in effect, there is a kind of subterranean representational activity in the brain, this already signifies that neurons, through ”being in connection,” are already available for, and already disposed toward, meaning. In the same way, meaning, or symbolic activity in general, depends strictly on neuronal connectivity. — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 201

Categorization

• XREF: This bidirectional dependence of meaning on connectivity and connectivity on meaning resonates with the reader’s project on neural-versus-corporate plasticity metaphors.