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concept:vast-vanishingly-smallVast / Vanishingly Small
Dennett's terms for the combinatorial hugeness of design space versus the tiny explorable subset occupied by life.
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Papers (1)
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- Open questions about time and self-reference in living systemsintroducesmentions
Thinkers (1)
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- Daniel DennettintroducesPhilosopher whose Intentional Stance is adapted and extended by TAME framework.
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