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If the post-Cartesian method is as powerful as claimed, it may one day seem comparable in value to the Cartesian first method and complementary to it

Alexander's prospective claim about the long-term scientific significance of the second method

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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

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The post-Cartesian second method of observation is consistent with and complementary to the Cartesian first method, each suited to different domainsclaim0.866
Alexander's reconciliation: Cartesian method for machine-like phenomena, wholeness method for relative wholeness judgments
The observations presented throughout these four books are based on a method of observation which is entirely different from the Cartesian method.claim0.757
Alexander claims his method is a genuine alternative to Cartesian observation.
Post-Cartesian Viewconcept0.757
Alexander's proposed alternative: wholeness of the world and feeling of happiness together form a single unity
The Cartesian method of observation, by forbidding inclusion of the observer's self, systematically excludes awareness of the different degrees of life in spaceclaim0.731
Alexander's critique of Cartesian epistemology as structurally incapable of perceiving living structure
Under these conditions, what is done next always has a natural and comfortable relation to what existed before: it has a similar structure and never violates the previously existing structure.claim0.730
Characteristic of a structure-preserving process.
If the second method is adopted, aspects of beauty, the nature of life, the deeper aspects of existence, and even the nature of God may become visible objective truthshypothesis0.726
Alexander's visionary speculation about the ultimate reach of the post-Cartesian observational program
Cartesian Methodframework0.725
The scientific method that requires observation by any observer and excludes subjective states, argued to be inadequate for measuring life.
The proposed gradient-magnitude balancing method consistently outperforms GradNorm, as it guarantees equal gradient magnitudes and considers update magnitude.claim0.724
Advantage over GradNorm.