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claim:morphogenesis-guarantees-that-coherent-wholes-will-form-even-while-the-piecemeal-process-allows-each-place-to-be-uniqueMorphogenesis guarantees that coherent wholes will form even while the piecemeal process allows each place to be unique.
Key property of morphogenetic process: it produces both unity and diversity simultaneously.
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extracted_from(2004) · Alexander, Christopher
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