Value is an objective feature of nature; some parts have more life and are inherently more valuable than others, contradicting the value-free view of science.

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• Value is a definite and fundamental part of the universe, and of the scheme of things.claim0.859
  New cosmological assumption #5: value is inherent in the structure of space.
• Value, emerging as a deeper life in the wholeness of the world, turns out to be a fundamental aspect of nature itself.quote0.850
  The radical conclusion that objective value is inherent in nature, not merely a human projection.
• objective value in natureconcept0.825
  The idea that different parts of nature have inherent degrees of value corresponding to their degree of life.
• 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.claim0.823
  A new view of ethics and aesthetics where goodness is equated to smooth unfolding from existing wholeness.
• Value in architecture can be objective and real, not merely subjective; the degree of life in buildings is a fact that can be observed.claim0.815
  A direct challenge to the second and third tacit assumptions, fundamental to Alexander's view of building.
• value is simply the probability of sensory input expected by an agent.quote0.790
  Redefinition of value in probabilistic terms.
• Value is the probability of sensory input expected by an agentclaim0.788
  Redefines value in probabilistic terms, linking to surprise minimisation.
• Life is a pervasive quality that includes ordinary biological life but also a kind of life in stones, concrete, and wood posts.claim0.780
  Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.