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- This chapter argues that the fifteen properties appear ubiquitously in natural systems, supporting the thesis that living structure is a fundamental property of nature, not just artifacts.
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- The startling conclusion that the deep structure of space is simultaneously the most intimate, vulnerable, personal thing.
- Links structural authenticity to personal feeling as a necessary co-occurrence
- Meta-theoretical claim that the fifteen properties are derivative from the deeper reality of the field of centers; the properties are pedagogical tools rather than fundamental
- Counters the skeptical cognitive interpretation by asserting the objective reality of centers in nature.
- The claim that the field of centers is the mechanism linking matter and mind.
- Meta-theoretical revelation about the ontological priority of the field of centers over the fifteen properties
- The structural correspondence between the objective field of centers and the subjective human self.
- Verbatim quote from Alexander (1979, p.19) defining the Quality Without a Name, used to motivate the exploration.