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{{Cquote|"As soon as we try to describe, precisely, why this particular thing is a center, we find that we have to invoke some kind of description in terms of other centers. In [[:Category:Mathematics|mathematics]], such a concept is called [[ | {{Cquote|"As soon as we try to describe, precisely, why this particular thing is a center, we find that we have to invoke some kind of description in terms of other centers. In [[:Category:Mathematics|mathematics]], such a concept is called [[Cambridge-Dictionary:recursive|recursive]]. Grasping this idea, and grasping the fact that this bit of understanding is a positive step forward, and not problematic, is the key to understanding wholeness. The apparent circularity here is - I believe - the crux of the problem of wholeness. The reason that deep wholeness (or life) is so mysterious, is that centers are built from centers, wholeness is built from wholeness."|author=[[Wiki:ChristopherAlexander|Christopher Alexander]] (August 2003)|source=[[Wiki:ThePhenomenonOfLife|The Phenomenon Of Life]], p.118, ISBN 0195106393}} | ||
From [[:Category:FractalWiki|Wiki Fractality]]. Thanks Christophe! I bought that book a few months ago, in preparation for graduate school?. | From [[:Category:FractalWiki|Wiki Fractality]]. Thanks Christophe! I bought that book a few months ago, in preparation for graduate school?. | ||
From [[Wiki:ChristopherAlexander]]... forgot where. This better explains some of my ideas about {{tag|wiki}}. My ideas of WikiIndex:Versioning also fits in with these ideas, as well as [[Lion Kimbro]]'s [[Wiki:FederatedWiki|Federated Wiki]] idea... [[MarkDilley]] | From [[Wiki:ChristopherAlexander]]... forgot where. This better explains some of my ideas about {{tag|wiki}}. My ideas of WikiIndex:Versioning also fits in with these ideas, as well as [[Lion Kimbro]]'s [[Wiki:FederatedWiki|Federated Wiki]] idea... [[MarkDilley]] | ||