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framework:fundamental-construction-kitFundamental Construction Kit
Sloman's framework extending Schrödinger: the minimal physical laws and structures required to support all biological derived construction kits.
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- Derived Construction Kitassociated_withSloman's concept: organism-specific or species-specific construction kits for development and control, layered atop fundamental kit.
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- The basic physical and chemical mechanisms (e.g., quantum stability) that enable the existence of derived construction kits in biology.
- Sloman's framework describing biological evolution and development as using fundamental and derived construction kits (FCK and DCK) to assemble complex mechanisms.
- Complex assemblies (e.g., organs, neural circuits) built using fundamental kits, enabling diverse biological forms and behaviors.
- The core iterative procedure that creates living structure; the engine of living process
- Alexander's central thesis: architects must actively invent new materials and methods rather than passively assemble available components.
- What materials and building techniques are needed for construction of buildings in a living world?question0.691The framing question of the entire chapter.