Cosmological order

Alexander's lifelong pursuit of an architecture that embodies a deep, objective, and universal order.

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Order (general mathematical structure of space)concept0.773
A most general system of mathematical structures arising from the nature of space, which has degrees of life.
Cosmopsychismframework0.753
Western philosophical position that consciousness is fundamental to the cosmos; discussed in the prologue.
Mechanistic cosmologyframework0.748
The dominant scientific world-picture treating matter as inert, lifeless mechanism obeying mathematical laws, originating with Bacon, Descartes, Newton.
Rectilinear Orderconcept0.729
The straight, orthogonal geometries that arise naturally from structural and functional forces in built forms.
The Nature of Orderconcept0.729
Four-volume work by Christopher Alexander providing foundational results for harmony-seeking computation, including the concept of wholeness and the fifteen properties.
Bayesian orderframework0.729
The partial order on classical probability distributions (Delta^n) that makes Shannon entropy a measurement on a domain.
Geometric Orderconcept0.717
The definite, strong, often rectangular spatial order that emerges in a building through the imposition of the aperiodic grid; gives the building its force and depth
Order (versus Disorder)concept0.717
Low entropy, organized state; life maintains order by consuming negative entropy.