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claim:we-feel-degrees-of-life-in-different-organisms-even-though-technically-they-all-have-equal-biological-lifeWe feel degrees of life in different organisms, even though technically they all have equal biological life.
Summarizes the observation of graded life within the category of living things.
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- Shows that even among organisms we perceive degrees of life.
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.
- Shows that the feeling of life also applies to whole ecosystems.
- Forward‑looking claim that the life quality has an objective basis, to be demonstrated later.
- Ontological claim that the life quality resides in the object, not the observer.
- Essential feature of living process, making phenomenological experience the central criterion for evaluation.
- TAME's implication that sentience accompanies goal-directed activity, with minimal versions present in particles and scaling up in organized systems.
- A key methodological statement encapsulating the chapter's conclusion.
- Pragmatic motivation for the entire book: a broader definition enables effective creation of life.