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concept:human-potential-movementHuman Potential Movement
1960–1980 psychological movement cited for the wisdom that health depends on accurate awareness of one's own inner feeling
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- Self as Measuring InstrumentsupportsThe epistemological core of Alexander's method: the human observer's inner state is a reliable, replicable measuring device for objective properties of the external world
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- Core methodological chapter arguing for a second, post-Cartesian form of scientific observation using the observer's inner wholeness as an objective measuring instrument
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- Electrical signals that plants display, propagating along vascular networks, analogous to animal neural signals.
- A trend toward using plentiful, cheap, and naturally available materials; Alexander acknowledges its positive aspects but critiques its archaic tendencies.
- 1960s-70s scholarly movement Alexander initially championed then rejected; attempted to systematize design process through methods; Alexander later opposed separation of study from practice.
- The 20th-century architectural movement that prioritized originality and broke with tradition, often structure-destroying.
- Biological/psychological basis for light as a latent center.
- The quality of spatial dimensions that feel comfortable and nurturing to human beings.