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The measuring technique of observer inner feeling provides the mainstay of the claim that degree of life is an empirically observable quality in the world

Concluding methodological claim of §9 linking the measurement technique to the empirical status of life as a world-property

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Observation of a person's inner state of wholeness can give reliable and objective information about the objective living character of systems in the external world
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Central claim of the chapter: what appears subjective (inner feeling) is actually an objective measuring instrument for external reality

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Life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured, but only by a method that relies on the degree of development or enlightenment of the observer.claim0.816
The fundamental methodological conclusion of the chapter.
What I am proposing is that these observations of an observer's inner state are not merely a reflection of a person's attitude or psychology, but can actually be used to measure something real about the external world itself.quote0.816
Alexander's most radical epistemological claim stated with maximum directness
We see then that life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured. But it can only be measured, or estimated, in a way which relies on the degree of development, or enlightenment, of the observer.quote0.809
A key methodological statement encapsulating the chapter's conclusion.
The degree of life is not merely a distinction between beautiful and ugly things but is detectable in every corner of the world.claim0.809
Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.
Personal feeling is an objective quality inhering in things, not a subjective idiosyncratic responseclaim0.805
Central thesis: universality of personal feeling separates it from mere subjectivity
The degree of personal feeling in a thing is directly proportional to the degree to which its field of centers is present and coherentclaim0.803
Formalizes the relationship between structural coherence of field of centers and felt personal quality
The self is the ultimate measure of living structure; our own feeling is the only reliable instrument.claim0.803
The epistemological grounding of the mirror-of-the-self test.
Alexander's method of observation based on inner feelingmethod0.794
An empirical method that invites the observer to make distinctions based on inner feelings of wholeness, with a framework that guarantees consistency and objectivity.