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claim:tacit-assumption-9-the-intuition-that-something-profound-is-happening-in-a-great-work-of-art-is-in-scientific-terms-meaninglessTacit Assumption 9: The intuition that something profound is happening in a great work of art is, in scientific terms, meaningless.
Ninth assumption negating the deep significance of aesthetic experience within the scientific picture.
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- Alexander's claim about the profound nature of aesthetic experience, contrasting with mechanistic dismissal.
- An example of an experience that the mechanistic cosmology cannot accommodate, indicating its inadequacy.
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- Tenth tacit assumption, the culmination making the search for meaning scientifically empty.
- Sixth assumption denying art a fundamental role in the structure of the universe.
- Eighth assumption that building has no special importance beyond engineering or image-making, underlying society's treatment of the built environment.
- First of ten tacit ultra-mechanistic assumptions underlying current cosmology that must disappear for vital architecture.
- Third assumption linking political freedom to value subjectivism, undermining objective judgments in architecture.
- Tacit Assumption 4: The basic matter of the world is neutral with regard to value; matter is inert.claim0.814Fourth assumption that the universe is made of inert material blindly following laws.
- Second tacit assumption, identified as nearly the central tenet of modern architecture.
- Alexander's summary statement asserting the pervasiveness and harm of the ultra-mechanistic assumptions.