Could There Have Been Very Early Life Forms

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• Could there have been very early life forms that were not teleonomic?question0.831
  Question about minimal life and goal-directedness.
• To What Extent Does Biological Form Derive Fromquestion0.716
• The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way.quote0.716
  Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.
• Is there a new concept of time that comes into being with the origin/development of life?question0.714
  Central organizing question of §2, motivating the natural time/representational time distinction.
• How Would We Recognize Novel Forms Of Lifequestion0.708
• Is a forest alive (as a whole, and over and above the life of the component species taken as individuals)?question0.705
  Pushes the boundaries of what counts as a living system.
• 'What do they look like?' and 'Where did they come from?' are even worse guides to moral relationships with forthcoming beings than they have always been between humans.claim0.704
  Argues that physical appearance and origin (evolved vs. engineered) are inadequate bases for moral concern
• Modern society, as it has been organized during the past sixty years or so, was inherently unable to create life in the environment.claim0.704