William James' Definition of Intelligence: Ability to Reach Same Goal by Different Means

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• William James Definition Of Intelligenceframework0.907
  Intelligence as degree of ability to reach the same goal by different means (problem-solving in changing/novel circumstances); extended here to collectives.
• "intelligence ... a degree of ability to reach the same goal by different means"quote0.873
  William James' definition of intelligence, a cornerstone for the paper's arguments.
• the ability to reach the same goal by different meansquote0.818
  William James' definition of intelligence, 1890, quoted as a cybernetic benchmark.
• Intelligence is the degree of capacity for identifying and seeking stress relief.claim0.779
  Definition of intelligence in terms of stress reduction.
• If intelligence is defined as engaged concern for problem solving, then the apparent limits of a system’s intelligence can be expanded by extending its sphere of concern.hypothesis0.776
  Predicts that care-driven expansion of concern leads to higher intelligence.
• Intelligence is the degree of competency in navigating any problem space (not just 3D), including morphospace, transcriptional space, etc.claim0.773
  Expands the definition of intelligence to include non-behavioral problem-solving, enabling comparison across diverse substrates.
• The segmentation clock exhibits functional robustness consistent with James' definition of intelligence.claim0.769
  Claims that the re-emergence and adaptation of the segmentation clock qualifies as intelligent behavior.
• Intelligenceconcept0.766
  Observer-relative competency to identify and solve problems; defined as capacity, not manifest action, across all substrates.