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concept:two-slit-experiment-wholenessTwo-slit experiment wholeness
The pattern of electrons passing through two slits is governed by the wholeness of the experimental configuration, not just local forces.
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- Extends the scope of wholeness to quantum mechanics, interpreting the two-slit experiment through centers.
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- Wholeness And The Theory Of CentersintroducesThe chapter that introduces the fundamental concepts of wholeness and centers, laying the groundwork for understanding life in buildings.
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- In the two-slit experiment, opening slit 2 changes the arrival pattern of electrons going through slit 1.finding0.790The canonical quantum mechanics result demonstrating that particle behaviour is governed by the entire experimental configuration, not just local interactions.
- Operational claim that the unfolding process can be guided by empirical feedback.
- The perceptual capacity to grasp the structure of wholeness directly, without interposing categories; very difficult to learn but essential for structure‑preserving making.
- Empirical basis for the objectivity of the second method: inter-observer agreement validates that the wholeness measure tracks something real
- Concise formulation of the chapter's central identity claim between objective structure and subjective experience
- Alexander's core concept rejecting the idea that a whole consists of parts; instead, a whole makes its parts (called 'centers').
- The act of seeing and feeling the entire field of centers at a place, which Alexander equates with love of life.
- Central question of the chapter, answered by defining wholeness as the structure of nested centers.