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concept:identity-with-natureIdentity with nature
The strongest version of relatedness, where one feels actual identity with a natural entity, not mere identification.
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- RelatednessextendsThe direct, felt connection between a person and living structure in the world, which Alexander claims is the most fundamental relation.
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Extended identity and sense of self; in Mahāyāna Buddhism, perceived as permeable and co-constituted with others.
- The quality a structure has when it is deeply connected to the I; what Alexander strives to produce in each element of a building.
- The philosophical question of what constitutes identity over time, applied to the problem of what a dialogue agent would seek to preserve
- The presence of arbitrary idea and image in design that distorts the unfolding process.
- Argues against purely genetic definitions of the self.
- A new ecology where human-made and natural elements interpenetrate and are managed together as one balanced system.