Life itself is a recursive effect which occurs in space. It can only be understood recursively as the mutual intensification of life by life.

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• The idea that life is an inherent attribute of space itself is not merely an artificial theoretical device but is actually true, because it is needed for the recursion in the mathematics to work consistently.hypothesis0.852
  Alexander's conditional prediction: if the recursive calculus works, then life-as-attribute-of-space must be a real feature of the universe.
• Recursive Phenomenon of Lifeconcept0.849
  The idea that life in a building comes about as centers cooperatively intensify each other's life, a recursive bootstrapping process.
• Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.claim0.829
  Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.
• The life which appears is an attribute of space itself.claim0.822
  The final distillation of the chapter's argument, making life a fundamental property of matter/space.
• Life occurs in space not as an attribute of living organisms but as an attribute of space itselfclaim0.821
  Radical ontological claim that life is a property of spatial configuration itself, not limited to biological organisms; the degree of life depends on the coherence of centers
• What we call 'life' is a general condition which exists, to some degree or other, in every part of space... every connected region of space... has some degree of life, and that this degree of life is well defined, objectively existing, and measurable.hypothesis0.812
  The central predictive/causal hypothesis of the book, to be tested in later chapters.
• Life is a thing which can only be reached by humanness, by the personal, by the individual, childish temperament.claim0.806
• Life is a pervasive quality that includes ordinary biological life but also a kind of life in stones, concrete, and wood posts.claim0.797
  Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.