What, then, is a center?

Question posed after describing the plenum, answered by the window metaphor.

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The Blazing One
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Chapter 6 of Volume 4, The Luminous Ground, by Christopher Alexander. The chapter introduces the I-hypothesis, the plenum of I, and the Blazing One as the ultimate source of life in architecture.

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What exactly is a center?question0.923
The fundamental question about the nature of centers, addressed through recursive definition.
Centersconcept0.885
Primary entities of wholeness that arise from configurations and are activated in space; they have different levels of strength or coherence and are intensified by relationships with other centers.
A center is a field of other centers.claim0.857
The explicit recursive definition that underpins living structure.
Centers are made of centers.claim0.849
The recursive composition principle, key to understanding wholeness.
Just what is a center? What does it really mean for a center to come to life? What is the intrinsic meaning of the character of its 'life'?question0.805
Series of questions highlighting the explanatory gap before the plenum model.
field of centersconcept0.805
The overall configuration of interrelated centers that constitutes a whole.
Each center is a field of other centers.quote0.804
The explicit recursive definition that forms the foundation of living structure.
Centers are always made of other centers.quote0.797
Encapsulates the recursive nature of centers, the key to understanding wholeness.