Beyond Life On Earth How Would We Recognize

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• How Would We Recognize Novel Forms Of Lifequestion0.792
• life (beyond-biological quality)concept0.785
  The general, non-biological quality that Alexander claims exists in all material systems to varying degrees.
• What would make it feasible to introduce living processes all over the Earth?question0.764
• beyond cognitionconcept0.749
  Alexander's thesis that wholeness and the fifteen properties are objectively real, not artifacts of cognition, and are fundamental to physics and biology.
• We feel degrees of life in different organisms, even though technically they all have equal biological life.claim0.745
  Summarizes the observation of graded life within the category of living things.
• What is the life that we discern in things?question0.743
  The leading question of section 9, probing the nature of the inner life perceived in buildings and art.
• How Can We Recognize And Communicate Meaningfully Withquestion0.742
• We see then that life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured. But it can only be measured, or estimated, in a way which relies on the degree of development, or enlightenment, of the observer.quote0.736
  A key methodological statement encapsulating the chapter's conclusion.