This special issue highlights the growing interdisciplinary interest in minimal cognition, bringing together a number of philosophers and scientists interested in investigating where, how, and why cognition arises. In what follows, we introduce the topic of minimal cognition by giving a brief look at debates and discussions about the lower bounds of cognition, minimally cognitive behaviors, and the possibility of life-mind continuity. Afterwards, we offer a short summary of each of the contributions to this issue. In the spirit of the Minimal Cognition conferences at the University of Wollongong at which the contributors participated, we hope this special issue will enrich the current state of minimal cognition research by putting a number of different disciplines and approaches into conversation.

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接近最小认知：特刊介绍

本期特刊突出了对最小认知日益增长的跨学科兴趣，汇集了许多有兴趣研究认知发生的地点、方式和原因的哲学家和科学家。在下文中，我们通过简要介绍关于认知下界、最低限度认知行为和生命-心智连续性可能性的辩论和讨论来介绍最低限度认知的主题。之后，我们提供了对这个问题的每一个贡献的简短摘要。本着贡献者参加的卧龙岗大学最小认知会议的精神，我们希望这个特刊将通过将许多不同的学科和方法纳入对话来丰富最小认知研究的现状。