unfolding of wholeness

The process by which new centers emerge naturally from existing ones without forcing; the essence of morphogenetic sequences.

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The key thing about all LIVING sequences is that they generate centers in an order which lets each center unfold naturally from the centers laid down before.
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Defines the essential structural property that a sequence must have to be living.

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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.

Principle of Unfolding Wholenessframework0.881
The principle that every natural process is governed by a step-by-step unfolding where each step preserves the structure of the wholeness, introduced in Chapter 1 and elaborated here.
Unfoldingconcept0.839
The step-by-step process through which coherent geometric order emerges from a whole, preserving structure at each step; the fundamental dynamic of all living processes
If the unfolding of wholeness is correctly followed, then every part becomes unique.hypothesis0.834
Prediction that adherence to the proper process guarantees uniqueness.
The proper unfolding of wholeness is both an unfolding of space from the culture which exists, and an unfolding of a new future culture from the culture of the presentclaim0.827
The core theoretical synthesis linking cultural wholeness to structure-preserving transformations
The principle of unfolding wholeness is purely geometrical in character, not arithmetical and not energy-based, distinguishing it fundamentally from least action.claim0.824
Alexander's characterization of what makes his principle novel relative to least-action formulations
Living/Unfolding Processframework0.812
The overarching process framework within which pattern languages operate as a way to steer design toward living structure
The unfolding of wholeness through structure-preserving transformations must inevitably create the fifteen properties.hypothesis0.810
In order to make buildings by unfolding, it is necessary to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.claim0.809
Connection between process, perception, and love.