Objectivity as Shared Results

Alexander's redefinition: a phenomenon is objective when independent observers converge on the same results, not merely when mechanistic methods are used

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

Frameworks (1)

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Post-Cartesian Method of Observation
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The core framework introduced in this chapter: using the observer's experienced inner wholeness as an objective measuring instrument for the degree of life in external systems

Concepts (1)

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Self as Measuring Instrument
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The 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

Related by similarity (8)

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.

shared geometry of representation and behaviorconcept0.754
The bidirectional correspondence M_h ↔ M_y, indicating that geometry in representation is not incidental but causally shapes behavior.
Object Permanenceconcept0.754
Required by the deductive theory of mirror self-recognition; not yet implemented in the current model
Selectivitymethod0.741
Adapted control task metric measuring difference between odds-ratio on original task and arbitrary-label control task
The results are more widely applicable; similar results will come from asking people in other cultures to answer analogous questions.claim0.741
Universalist claim predicting cross-cultural generality.
Object aestheticsframework0.739
Traditional paradigm in which aesthetic properties adhere to external artifacts rather than to the actor's own activity.
subjectivity of valueconcept0.738
The tacit assumption that values, especially in architecture and art, are merely personal opinions without objective reality, rooted in the mechanistic world-picture.
The resulting features are highly abstract: multilingual, multimodal, and generalizing between concrete and abstract references.claim0.738
Features respond to concepts across languages and in images, not just text.
Perceived coherence of patterns is an objective measure, not idiosyncratic or subjective—people agree on relative coherence regardless of experimental taskfinding0.738
Finding that relative coherence rankings remain constant across different people and across different cognitive processing tasks (description, memorization, tachistoscopic recognition), establishing coherence as an objective feature of cognitive processing