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consilience

n. the view that the laws of physics and the rules of biological evolution underlie all aspects of human existence. All human endeavor should reflect these influences and exhibit a unity on the basis of a few basic scientific principles arising from them. [proposed by U.S. biologist Edward O. Wilson (1929–  ) in his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)]

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intelligence measure

see intelligence test; measures of intelligence.