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concept:presence

Presence

The 'something' that exists in living things, which is the I; an actual, personal quality in matter itself.

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  • the self (or 'I')
    same_concept_as
    An eternal, impersonal yet intensely personal core within each person, also called the Void, the ground, or the great Self; the core of every living center.

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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.

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  • actionconcept0.771
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  • processesconcept0.766
    Represented by boxes in process theory; transformations that take systems as inputs/outputs
  • Sentienceconcept0.762
    Central concept: the capacity to experience as a subject; core focus of the paper's argument about multiple substrates.
  • The quality Alexander sought in heavy timber construction after recognizing that stud construction produces 'a bunch of sticks with planes strung between them' lacking deep feeling.
  • legibilityconcept0.761
    The quality that enables reading; can be maintained even under extreme diagrammatic experimentation.
  • Beingconcept0.757
    A living center that is a picture of the self, connected to the I; a center that evokes relatedness and feels animated, self-like.