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Mode of Construal
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Objective
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Biological
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Proper Domain
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inert rigid objects
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living kinds
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Perceptual Cues
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solid, does not move on its own
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non-random design, self-propelled
(cf. Decision Tree)
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Inferential Properties
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material cause: inert substance
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material cause: organic substance
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efficient cause: external energy
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efficient cause: its own energy
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no formal cause
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formal cause: inherent design
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no final cause (telos, purpose)
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final cause (goals, purposes)
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only local (surface) action
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action at a distance (informational)
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no hidden internal structure
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hidden internal structure
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no essence
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invisible essence
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no autonomous source of action
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autonomous source of action
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no new constitutive information
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new constitutive information
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finite number of variables
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infinite number of variables
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no hierarchical orderings
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hierarchical classifications
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no ethical value
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ethical value
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Artifact
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Organism
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formal cause imparted
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formal cause inherent
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final cause attributed
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final cause inherent
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global laws and truths
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local laws and truths
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finite number of variables
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infinite number of variables
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axiomatic systems
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generative systems
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no new constitutive information
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new constitutive information
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