The Nature of Matter in the Work of Christopher Alexander - Michael Mehaffy

Book Four of Christopher Alexander's magnum opus "The Nature of Order" begins with a section titled “Toward a New Conception of the Nature of Matter.” What is this conception, as explored later in the book, and how new is it? How does it relate to previous work from Alfred North Whitehead (whom Alexander quotes), or with Aristotle’s pioneering work on part-whole relations (or “mereology”), or with other work in fields like physics, psychology and mathematics? This lecture will explore these topics, and will conclude that Alexander does indeed build on and advance the work of the others. The lecturer is Dr. Michael W. Mehaffy, a longtime colleague and former student of Christopher Alexander, and a scholar on the latter's work.

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Thank you ever so much for sharing your view of Christopher and his work. Most especially thank you for sharing the video of Chris attempting to iterate his learning at this stage of his life. I am new to Chris՛ work and i am over joyed by what i am hearing from him. I have the privilege of seeing over linear time his incredible enthusiasm, his challenge of bringing his thoughts and feelings to light, the deepening of his belief structure and the battle he felt he was losing through the later stages of his life. I discovered Chris՛ work simply because i want to build a home on 370 acres of beautiful land in Australia and i am overwhelmed with every emotion in embarking on this project. Thank you to Chris for your guidance, i feel your presence. Thank you to those who knew him and continue to bring forth that which he carried.

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Традиция - корень трад.(trade с англ. торговля) ,ци- энергия жизни, я-я. Благодарю за Ваше время, уделённое этой теме. С уважением Николай ( тот самый).