What is the universe made of?

The fundamental cosmological question posed in section 4 to set the stage for a new picture.

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Alexander's proposed extended physics / modified cosmology
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A sketch of a cosmology that extends current physics by incorporating self, feeling, and living structure, aiming to dissolve Whitehead's bifurcation.

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"The universe is made of person-stuff. I always thought it was made of machine-stuff, but now I see that it is not."quote0.829
Alexander's most dramatic statement of the post-Cartesian revolution in understanding
The universe is made of person-stuff, not machine-stuff; life is the person-stuffclaim0.824
Alexander's most radical ontological claim about the nature of living structure
Beings can only be made of beings. If it is not made of beings, it cannot be a being.claim0.712
A recursive rule: to be an I-like center, a center must be composed of centers which are themselves I-like.
the ground (ground material of the universe)concept0.712
The ineffable substrate of all things, identified in many mystical traditions as what artists reach in devotion; synonymous with the Void, God, and the self.
Personal Nature of the Universeconcept0.712
The long-term implication of the second method: a scientific worldview that incorporates the self and recognizes the personal, relational character of existence
IN A BUILDING WHICH HAS LIFE, WHATEVER IS MADE IS ALWAYS THE SIMPLEST THING CONSISTENT WITH ITS NECESSITIES OF FEELING AND WITH THE CLOSE AND CONTINUOUS ATTENTION TO FEELING WHILE IT EVOLVES INTO FORM. THIS, I THINK, IS THE CLOSEST I CAN COME TO DESCRIBING THE CORE OF ARCHITECTURE.quote0.692
The opening manifesto of the chapter, encapsulating the essence.
Centers are made of centers.claim0.687
The recursive composition principle, key to understanding wholeness.
What is, truly, the ultimate nature of matter?question0.684
The central drumbeat question that Book 4 attempts to answer.