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claim:it-is-always-the-whole-which-governs-in-a-living-process-even-when-only-latent-the-greater-whole-is-the-driving-force-controlling-the-shaping-of-partsIt is always the whole which governs in a living process; even when only latent, the greater whole is the driving force controlling the shaping of parts.
Central principle distinguishing structure-preserving from structure-destroying processes.
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- Essential feature of living process, making phenomenological experience the central criterion for evaluation.
- Summary of the two-way influence between part and whole in living process.
- Restatement of the central principle in the context of the Claremont Canyon example.
- Invariant that living process maintains percentage balance.
- Positions living process as an refined version of innate human creativity, not an artificial imposition.