Self as Measuring Instrument

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

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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

Claims (1)

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Observation of a person's inner state of wholeness can give reliable and objective information about the objective living character of systems in the external world
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Central claim of the chapter: what appears subjective (inner feeling) is actually an objective measuring instrument for external reality

Concepts (2)

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Human Potential Movement
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1960–1980 psychological movement cited for the wisdom that health depends on accurate awareness of one's own inner feeling
Objectivity as Shared Results
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Alexander's redefinition: a phenomenon is objective when independent observers converge on the same results, not merely when mechanistic methods are used

Chapters (1)

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Beyond Descartes: A New Form Of Scientific Observation
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Core methodological chapter arguing for a second, post-Cartesian form of scientific observation using the observer's inner wholeness as an objective measuring instrument

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.

Selfingconcept0.827
Process of reifying one's identity as an independent self; meditation practices aim to decrease selfing.
Picture of the Self (as measurement criterion)concept0.812
The experimental criterion by which degree of life in a center is measured: which of two things more resembles the observer's own eternal self.
the selfconcept0.810
The interior awareness, consciousness, and felt identity that each person experiences; absent from mechanistic cosmology.
How Should We Formally Define And Measure Selfquestion0.810
the self (or 'I')concept0.805
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.
The self is the ultimate measure of living structure; our own feeling is the only reliable instrument.claim0.805
The epistemological grounding of the mirror-of-the-self test.
Self-reportconcept0.804
The model's verbal description of its internal state, which may be accurate or confabulated.
Self as a process, not a thingconcept0.796
Process ontology view of Self, contrasted with static essentialism.