Laws of Praegnanz

Gestalt psychology's laws of coherence describing why some groupings are stronger; Alexander relates them to centers.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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Strong Centers
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The property that living structures contain centers that are not merely blobs but strong, field-like centers that organize the space around them; every strong center is made of many other strong centers recursively

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Praegnanzconcept0.823
Gestalt psychological concept for the property that makes figures stand out as wholes; identified by Alexander as a precursor to his concept of degree of life
laws of formconcept0.665
Spencer Brown's calculus of distinctions, showing all mathematics arising from contrast; cited to argue contrast is fundamental.
Gierz et al.concept0.654
Authors of foundational text on CPOs and ordered structures; referenced for theory developed since 1970s.