Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind
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Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind is a book by biologist Tyler Volk that explores recurring structural and organizational patterns shared across biological, physical, and cognitive systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3425147 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind Context triple: [Tyler Volk, notableWork, Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind]
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Unified Theories of Cognition
Unified Theories of Cognition is a comprehensive cognitive science framework proposed by Allen Newell that seeks to explain diverse mental processes—such as problem solving, memory, and learning—within a single, unified theoretical architecture.
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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
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The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Modes of Thought
Modes of Thought is a later philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that further develops his process philosophy and reflections on science, metaphysics, and human experience.
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Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind Target entity description: Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind is a book by biologist Tyler Volk that explores recurring structural and organizational patterns shared across biological, physical, and cognitive systems.
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A.
Unified Theories of Cognition
Unified Theories of Cognition is a comprehensive cognitive science framework proposed by Allen Newell that seeks to explain diverse mental processes—such as problem solving, memory, and learning—within a single, unified theoretical architecture.
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B.
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Modes of Thought
Modes of Thought is a later philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that further develops his process philosophy and reflections on science, metaphysics, and human experience.
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E.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
bridge biological and cognitive phenomena
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identify universal organizational forms ⓘ show structural commonalities in nature ⓘ |
| author | Tyler Volk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
patterns across mind
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patterns across space ⓘ patterns across time ⓘ |
| field |
biology
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cognitive science ⓘ ecology ⓘ physics ⓘ systems science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analogies across domains
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cross-scale patterns ⓘ unifying structural motifs ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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science book ⓘ |
| hasMetapattern |
arrows
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binaries ⓘ breaks ⓘ calibrations ⓘ centers ⓘ cycles ⓘ layers ⓘ sheets ⓘ spheres ⓘ tubes ⓘ webs ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
cross-disciplinary
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interdisciplinary ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in systems
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scientists ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biological systems
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cognitive systems ⓘ complex systems ⓘ organizational patterns ⓘ pattern theory ⓘ physical systems ⓘ recurring structural patterns ⓘ systems theory ⓘ |
| proposesConcept | metapattern ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
hierarchy theory
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pattern language ⓘ self-organization ⓘ systems thinking ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Gaia’s Body ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind Description of subject: Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind is a book by biologist Tyler Volk that explores recurring structural and organizational patterns shared across biological, physical, and cognitive systems.
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