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claim:the-wholeness-w-is-a-feature-of-physical-space-which-appears-everywhere-and-is-susceptible-to-a-clear-mathematical-definition

The wholeness W is a feature of physical space which appears everywhere and is susceptible to a clear mathematical definition.

Asserts the formal tractability of wholeness.

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c_symm measure predicts the experimentally determined rank order of coherence for 35 patterns with high accuracy.
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Quantitative result supporting the idea that local symmetry counting approximates perceived life in visual patterns.

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The wholeness is an autonomous and global structure, which is induced by the details of the configuration. It is a real physical and mathematical structure in space — but it is created indirectly, by symmetries and other relationships which are induced in the geometry.quote0.876
Load-bearing statement encapsulating the nature of wholeness as a real, induced structure.
The wholeness is a real structure, something geometrically concrete, not merely a general appreciation for unity.claim0.845
Assertion that wholeness is a tangible spatial structure.
Wholeness is a neutral structure that simply exists; its degree of life or beauty follows from its internal cohesion without reference to opinion.claim0.833
Posits that wholeness provides an objective foundation for aesthetics.
The wholeness of any portion of the world is the system of larger and smaller centers, their connection and overlap.claim0.833
Definitional claim that clarifies how wholeness is constituted.
Wholeness is a fundamental part of physics, governing the behavior of electrons in the two-slit experiment over and above mechanical forces.claim0.824
Extends the scope of wholeness to quantum mechanics, interpreting the two-slit experiment through centers.
Wholeness is a real structure, an actual 'thing' in itself, not merely a way of focusing on the gestalt.claim0.820
Asserts the ontological reality of wholeness as a physical/mathematical structure.
Wholenessconcept0.804
Alexander's core concept rejecting the idea that a whole consists of parts; instead, a whole makes its parts (called 'centers').
Within the framework of wholeness, value is an objective phenomenon which arises inevitably from the degree to which unfolding has been truthful—guided by the fifteen structure-preserving transformations.claim0.803
A new view of ethics and aesthetics where goodness is equated to smooth unfolding from existing wholeness.