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Forms of life, forms of mind

Michael Levin · 31 Mar 2026

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  1. These patterns are causal in physics, biology, and computer science because, a) if they were different, facts in the physical world would be different, and b) they serve as best explanations for why the physical world is the way it is.
  2. Therefore, physicalism is insufficient in an important way and we need to investigate this latent space of patterns.

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