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claim:tacit-assumption-1-what-is-true-is-only-the-body-of-facts-which-can-be-represented-as-lifeless-mechanismsTacit Assumption 1: What is true is only the body of facts which can be represented as lifeless mechanisms.
First of ten tacit ultra-mechanistic assumptions underlying current cosmology that must disappear for vital architecture.
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- Mechanistic cosmologyimplementsThe dominant scientific world-picture treating matter as inert, lifeless mechanism obeying mathematical laws, originating with Bacon, Descartes, Newton.
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- Alexander's summary statement asserting the pervasiveness and harm of the ultra-mechanistic assumptions.
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- Ninth assumption negating the deep significance of aesthetic experience within the scientific picture.
- Tenth tacit assumption, the culmination making the search for meaning scientifically empty.
- Tacit Assumption 4: The basic matter of the world is neutral with regard to value; matter is inert.claim0.820Fourth assumption that the universe is made of inert material blindly following laws.
- Third assumption linking political freedom to value subjectivism, undermining objective judgments in architecture.
- Eighth assumption that building has no special importance beyond engineering or image-making, underlying society's treatment of the built environment.
- Second tacit assumption, identified as nearly the central tenet of modern architecture.
- Sixth assumption denying art a fundamental role in the structure of the universe.
- Fifth assumption, the core of Whitehead's bifurcation, making the self homeless in the cosmos.