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claim:the-centers-which-exist-in-a-configuration-have-a-real-mathematical-existence-and-are-actually-occurring-features-of-the-space-itself

The centers which exist in a configuration have a real mathematical existence and are actually occurring features of the space itself.

Strengthens the claim that centers are not just psychological but physically real.

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Centers
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Primary entities of wholeness that arise from configurations and are activated in space; they have different levels of strength or coherence and are intensified by relationships with other centers.

Related by similarity (8)

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

The entities which appear in a configuration are not merely cognitive; they have a real mathematical existence.claim0.869
Rejects a purely psychological interpretation of centers in favor of an objective existence.
Certain configurations of centers have such organizing force that they create entirely new levels of intensity within the centers themselves and utterly transmute the material character of space.hypothesis0.813
Suggests that sufficiently intense fields of centers transcend ordinary matter.
The objective oneness of space which I have identified as the field of centers is also entirely personal in nature.claim0.813
The startling conclusion that the deep structure of space is simultaneously the most intimate, vulnerable, personal thing.
The centers which bring life to a room are larger features which lie beyond the boundary of the room.claim0.804
A key insight about position and context.
The vital centers which govern the life of a room are nearly invisible pieces of space which exist as centers, yet have no clear boundaries.claim0.804
Describes the subtlety of room centers.
It is the configuration as a whole that produces the local centers and allows them to 'settle out'.claim0.804
Core dynamic: local centers are generated by the global structure, not assembled from parts.
Even with non-linear dynamics and complexity theory, the specific appearance of the fifteen properties and emergence of living centers in the world remains largely unexplained.claim0.802
Alexander's critical assessment of the limits of current complexity science relative to his explanatory target
The real character of the world, its flesh, is governed by the centers in the geometry.claim0.801
Strong statement that all qualitative aspects of places and situations are produced by the spatial system of centers.