Expanding the domain of discourse reveals structure already there but hidden
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To understand a complex system like a mind or an ecosystem, we have to understand a tangled web of objects, features, processes, relations, ...
Expanding the domain of discourse reveals structure already there but hidden May 15, 2022 To understand a complex system like a mind or an ecosystem, we have to understand a tangled web of objects, features, processes, relations, correlations, clusters, constraints, causes, and so on. It helps to find underlying explanations and generating process, and to find deep reasons that explain why many relationships are the way they are. To find those underlying explanations, it helps to know relationships between relationships: which relationships cause, explain, or constrain other relationships. Whe
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