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claim:what-is-more-structure-preserving-and-what-is-less-so-is-in-principle-an-objective-matter

What is more structure-preserving and what is less so is, in principle, an objective matter.

Assertion that the distinction between structure-preserving and structure-destroying is objective, not merely subjective opinion.

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Drawing the structure first increases inter-rater agreement on structure-preserving judgments, even when drawings differ
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People who first attempted to draw the perceived structure of a configuration showed higher agreement about which transformations are structure-preserving, despite drawing different aspects of the field of centers.
Third transformation in lower row of octagon unanimously rated structure-destroying (8/8 people)
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The third transformation of the lower row was unanimously judged as structure-destroying by all eight participants.
Upper row octagon transformations unanimously rated structure-preserving (8/8 people)
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In a rating study, the transformations in the upper row of an octagon were unanimously judged as structure-preserving by all eight participants.

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How can a structure-preserving process both preserve and enhance the whole? How can these two apparently different ideas be reconciled?question0.824
Central theoretical puzzle that latent centers resolve.
Even death and destruction in nature are structure-preserving because they preserve and extend the whole, unlike human image-driven processes.claim0.820
Distinction between natural and human destruction.
A structure-preserving transformation both preserves existing structure and enhances the whole by developing latent centers.claim0.793
Resolution of the apparent conflict between preserving and enhancing.
Structure-preserving transformations govern the emergence of all structure in nature, not just in buildings and art.hypothesis0.792
Alexander's conjecture extending the unfolding framework from architecture to natural phenomena generally.
People of good will can reach substantial agreement about which actions are more structure-preserving or life-bearing.claim0.787
Empirically grounded assertion that the process is sharable and not arbitrary.
A thing with more living structure makes the observer more of a person; a thing with less living structure makes the observer less of a personclaim0.785
The experiential mechanism linking degree of life in objects to expansion or contraction of the observer's humanity
Structure-preserving means preserving wholeness via observer's ability to see the whole, not arbitrary mathematical transformationclaim0.784
Structure-preserving transformations are the secret of all artistic and constructive human-inspired acts of creation.claim0.783
Claim that the same process that creates natural living structure also underlies human artistic and architectural creativity.