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concept:the-ability-to-achieve-the-same-goal-in-multiple-ways-william-james-definition-of-intelligence"The ability to achieve the same goal in multiple ways" — William James' definition of intelligence.
Load-bearing definition justifying morphogenesis as basal intelligence despite mechanistic diversity in achieving anatomical goals.
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- William James definition of intelligence; foundational to paper's framing of competency and problem-solving as core invariants.
- Intelligence: the ability to reach the same ends by different means.related_tosame_asWilliam James definition of intelligence; used by Levin as a load-bearing definition underlying the entire morphogenetic intelligence framework.
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- William James' definition of intelligence, a cornerstone for the paper's arguments.
- William James' definition of intelligence, 1890, quoted as a cybernetic benchmark.
- Intelligence as degree of ability to reach the same goal by different means (problem-solving in changing/novel circumstances); extended here to collectives.
- Expands the definition of intelligence to include non-behavioral problem-solving, enabling comparison across diverse substrates.
- Predicts that care-driven expansion of concern leads to higher intelligence.
- Definition of intelligence in terms of stress reduction.
- Hypothesis linking care scope to intelligence ceiling.
- Redefines 'human-level' AI from performance metrics to relational compatibility of cognitive scope