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question:is-a-forest-alive-as-a-whole-and-over-and-above-the-life-of-the-component-species-taken-as-individualsIs a forest alive (as a whole, and over and above the life of the component species taken as individuals)?
Pushes the boundaries of what counts as a living system.
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- The basis of the standard biological definition of life, centered on the individual organism.
- The quality Alexander sought in heavy timber construction after recognizing that stud construction produces 'a bunch of sticks with planes strung between them' lacking deep feeling.
- Invariant that living process maintains percentage balance.
- Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
- Asserts middle-range entity emergence as a necessary output of any living process
- Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.