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claim:part-of-the-structure-of-all-life-or-order-is-that-it-extends-beyond-itselfPart of the structure of all life or order, is that it extends beyond itself.
Life is inherently not local; it connects the thing to the world beyond.
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- Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.
- Living structure might even be defined as 'that which pleases us'—that which truly pleases us.claim0.822A proposed operational definition of living structure in terms of genuine pleasure.
- Emphasizes the non-pictorial, process-dependent nature of living order.
- The closing claim of the chapter's mid-book appendix, asserting that the theory of centers has implications for physics.
- Alexander's strongest ontological claim: living structure is not probabilistically improbable but mathematically necessary given the principle of unfolding wholeness
- Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
- Diagnostic criterion for living structure: absence of thorough uniqueness excludes living character.
- The central thesis of the chapter, setting up the explanation of how life emerges.