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concept:recursive-definition-of-centerRecursive Definition of Center
The principle that a center can only be defined in terms of other centers; centers are made of centers.
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- Recursion of centersrelated_toThe process by which centers are built up, strengthened, and toughened from other centers, deepening their I-like quality.
- field of centerssubtype_ofThe overall configuration of interrelated centers that constitutes a whole.
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- What exactly is a center?answered_byThe fundamental question about the nature of centers, addressed through recursive definition.
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- How Life Comes From WholenessintroducesChapter 4 of Volume 1, The Phenomenon of Life, which explains how life arises from the wholeness of centers through mutual helping and recursion.
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- The iterative design process in which each center is refined relative to all others until a being-nature emerges; the method section 1 is titled 'Intensifying Shape'.
- The explicit recursive definition that underpins living structure.
- Primary entities of wholeness that arise from configurations and are activated in space; they have different levels of strength or coherence and are intensified by relationships with other centers.
- Question posed after describing the plenum, answered by the window metaphor.
- The property by which living structure appears more and more deeply as centers are refined within centers, visible in the 13th-century carpet blossom.
- The recursive composition principle, key to understanding wholeness.
- The continuous process of creating and strengthening living centers as the most essential aspect of unfolding.
- Acknowledges that the bootstrap field is beyond current physics and mathematics.