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concept:minimal-mentality-test-fixed-ends-with-varying-meansMinimal mentality test (fixed ends with varying means)
William James' criterion for mind, met by morphogenesis when achieving the same final shape despite perturbations.
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- James' test for minimal mentality, cited as describing morphogenesis.
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