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claim:when-the-field-of-centers-appears-in-something-its-deep-feeling-appears-and-it-is-literally-as-though-spirit-is-made-manifestWhen the field of centers appears in something, its deep feeling appears and it is literally as though spirit is made manifest.
First articulation of the identity between the field of centers and spirit.
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- Central concept in Alexander's philosophy—an objective, precise but unnamed quality that is the root criterion of life and spirit in buildings, towns, and natural systems.
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- Asserts ontological parity between physical facts and felt qualities of living structure
- Description of the experiential effect of a strong field of centers.
- The claim that the field of centers is the mechanism linking matter and mind.
- Counters the skeptical cognitive interpretation by asserting the objective reality of centers in nature.
- Alexander's core mechanism explaining how the Fifteen Properties function to create living wholes.