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claim:life-is-not-a-mechanical-property-but-an-inherent-attribute-of-space-itself-analogous-to-maxwell-s-electromagnetic-field-creating-lightLife is not a mechanical property but an inherent attribute of space itself, analogous to Maxwell's electromagnetic field creating light.
Proposition 1 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the most fundamental metaphysical claim of the theory.
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Hypotheses (1)
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- Alexander's conditional prediction: if the recursive calculus works, then life-as-attribute-of-space must be a real feature of the universe.
Claims (2)
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- Proposition 3 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the claim linking the mathematical process of unfolding to the emergence of I-likeness in natural and built structures.
- The closing claim of the chapter's mid-book appendix, asserting that the theory of centers has implications for physics.
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- Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.
- The fundamental thesis of the chapter and the book, redefining life as a universal spatial quality.
- The final distillation of the chapter's argument, making life a fundamental property of matter/space.
- Verbatim statement of the fundamental hypothesis, defining the scope of life.
- Alexander's Proposition 1: that life is not a mechanical property but a quality that space itself has, analogous to Maxwell's electromagnetic field.
- The central predictive/causal hypothesis of the book, to be tested in later chapters.
- The quality that makes a space or structure feel alive, whole, and wonderful; measured by the degree of wholeness.
- Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.