# epicdylan.com

> Academic site for T. Dylan Daniel — doctoral researcher in cognition and cognitive neuroscience, and author. The site lists peer-reviewed publications and serves his books.

## About

T. Dylan Daniel is a PhD student in Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience at Texas Tech University. His work runs along two strands: cognitive neuroscience (the metabolic and oscillatory foundations of cognition, the free energy principle, ecological psychology, cognitive effort) and philosophy (philosophy of mind and language, the limits of formal reasoning). Trained in philosophy through the master's level, he is the author of two books.

## Key URLs

- Homepage: https://epicdylan.com
- Publications: https://epicdylan.com/publications
- Books: https://epicdylan.com/books
- Research: https://epicdylan.com/research
- CV: https://epicdylan.com/cv

## Selected Publications

- Daniel, T. D. (2026). "Oscillatory Dynamics as the Coordination Layer of the Organism: Waves, Markov Blankets, and the Virtual Space of Cognition." Frontiers in Neuroscience, 20. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2026.1836602
- Daniel, T. D. (2015). "The Need for a Standard Index of Vehicular Pollution Intensity in the United States." Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL), 6.
- Daniel, T. D. (2016). "The Lexicultural Propagation of Concepts" (Chapter 2). In B. Thomas (Ed.), Philosophy of Language. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

## Books

- "INEVITABLE: Distributed Cognition & Network Superintelligence" (2024, Whitney Morgan Media) https://www.alexandriabooks.com/collection/inevitable
- "Formal Dialectics" (2018, Cambridge Scholars Publishing)

## Research Areas (and influences)

- Oscillatory dynamics and the coordination layer of the organism
- Free Energy Principle (Karl Friston)
- Autopoiesis (Varela & Maturana)
- Ecological psychology and enactivism
- Cognitive effort, vigilance, and emotion recognition
- Metabolic constraints on cognition
- Philosophy of mind and language
- The limits of formal reasoning (Formal Dialectics)
- Distributed cognition and the critique of artificial general intelligence (INEVITABLE)

## Contact

- Email: thomas.d.daniel@ttu.edu
- GitHub: https://github.com/ipfsnut