The Architecture Of Nothingness

The ARCHITECTURE of NOTHINGNESS
	The ARCHITECTURE of NOTHINGNESS
	Frank Lyons
	Contents
	List of Figures
	Outline Content
	A PERSONAL JOURNEY
	Acknowledgements
	1	ORDER in NATURE, SCIENCE and the ARTS
	NATURE
	NATURE: the ARTS and SCIENCES
	The SCIENTIFIC VIEW
	The LAWS of PHYSICS
	HIGHER LEVELS of GENERALITY
	BALANCE and SYMMETRY
	The FORM and CONTENT of MATHEMATICS
	FORM and PATTERN
	ENTROPY: the DISORDER of PHYSICS
	LIFE
	DNA MEMORY: the HISTORY of LIFE
	ERROR and the CREATION of VARIETY
	SEX and VARIETY
	INTENTION and CONTEXT
	CHOICE and INTENTIONALITY
	SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
	CULTURE
	ORDER, UNITY and BEAUTY
	The DISTINCTIONS between PERSONAL and CULTURAL BEAUTY
	CULTURAL BEAUTY
	SENSING the WORLD and SENSING CULTURE
	CULTURE: GRASPING at IMMORTALITY
	BEAUTY and the ARTS
	2	The ORDER of CONTENT
	OBJECTIVITY and CULTURE
	The DISTINCTION between the SCIENCES and the ARTS
	CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
	FORM and CONTENT
	The CONTENT of FORM
	INTENTION and ATTENTION
	AWARENESS and HUMAN EVOLUTION
	QUALITY and CARE
	ORDINARINESS or EXTRAORDINARINESS
	ORDINARINESS and VAN GOGH
	The ORDER of the OBJECT
	SIMPLICITY and QUALITY
	The CONVERSION of SUBJECTIVITY into OBJECTIVITY
	FRESHNESS
	OBJECTIVITY In ART
	OPEN ACCESS to HISTORY
	RE PRESENTATION of the OBJECT
	The ORDER of FIGURATIVE ART
	FEELINGS in the OBJECTS of ART
	OBJECTIVE ART
	COMMUNICATION
	RETURNING to the OBJECT
	ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS
	The LITMUS TEST
	3	The ORDER of FORM
	The POWER of FORM
	FORM in NATURE
	CONTEXT
	PHYSICS GIVES RISE to FORM
	FORM in the NATURAL WORLD
	MORPHOLOGY and the EVO-DEVO REVOLUTION
	FORMAL ORGANISATION and GENE SWITCHES
	DESIGN PRINCIPLES in NATURE
	ERROR and BALANCE in ARCHITECTURE
	STAIRCASE at VILLA MAIREA, NOORMARKKU
	ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE
	SLOWNESS and EVOLUTION OUTSIDE the GENES
	CONVERGENCE of FORM
	The LAWS of FORM
	The GESTALT SCHOOL
	An INEXACT DEFINITION of GESTALT
	GESTALT PRINCIPLES within the ANIMAL WORLD
	GESTALT APPLICATION across SENSORY MODALITIES
	GESTALT within CULTURAL SYSTEMS
	The GESTALT LAW of PRACNANZ
	WERTHEIMER\'S ORDERING PRINCIPLES
	CORRESPONDENCE between the GESTALT of FORM and the GESTALT of USE
	TWO TOWN HALLS
	RELAXED GEOMETRIES
	IMPRECISION or PRECISION and INCLUSIVENESS
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	INTENTION, QUALITY and HUMAN EVOLUTION
	The ROOTS of OBJECTIVITY and LOGIC
	4	The LOGIC of AESTHETICS
	DISCURSIVE REASON
	PRESENTATIONAL THOUGHT
	The DEVELOPMENT of REASON
	EQUILIBRATION
	LOGIC
	From FORMULATION to PRESENTATIONAL LOGIC
	LOGIC and the POST-MODERN WORLD
	How LOGICAL FORMULATIONS STRUCTURE the ARTS
	LOGICAL ORGANISATION expressed through SIMILARITIES and OPPOSITES
	SIMILARITIES in SPACE and TIME
	METAPHOR and NOVELTY
	LOGICAL RELATIONS in MUSIC
	METAPHOR in MUSIC
	REPETITION in ARCHITECTURE: the WINSLOW HOUSE
	METAPHOR in ARCHITECTURE
	RELATIONSHIPS of OPPOSITION
	AMBIGUITY in MUSIC
	The ROLE of BALANCED OPPOSITE RELATIONSHIPS in CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
	OPPOSITIONS in ARCHITECTURE
	The VISUAL LOGIC of RONCHAMP
	LOGIC or AMBIGUITY: EQUIVALENT or EQUIVOCAL
	LOGIC is also a JUDGEMENT
	TEMPORARY OBJECTIVITY: a LOCAL FOCUSSING of ATTENTION
	The READINGS of CULTURE and the EVOLUTION of CONSCIOUSNESS
	5	The AESTHETICS of MEANING
	The MEANING of MEANING
	WITTGENSTEIN and MEANING
	WITTGENSTEIN in the CONTEXT of this WORK
	\'PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS\' within the TRADITION of PHILOSOPHY
	The OBJECTIVITY of MEANING: within the TRADITION of PHILOSOPHY
	The \'NEVER-SHARED MEANING\' HYPOTHESIS: the SUBJECTIVITY of MEANING
	The \'NEVER-SHARED MEANING\' PARADOX of COMMUNICATION
	RESOLUTION of the \'NEVER-SHARED MEANING\'
	PARADOX: the AESTHETICS of MEANING
	COMMON LANGUAGE and DAY-to-DAY BEHAVIOUR
	COMMUNICATION and the WORLD
	The LUGGAGE LOCKER METAPHOR
	The WHAT and HOW of LANGUAGE and MUSIC
	LEGITIMATE CRITICISM
	The ROBIE HOUSE
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	6	The ORDER of NOTHINGNESS and the PHENOMENAL GAP
	The OBJECT in PHILOSOPHY
	KANT and the OBJECT within TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM
	CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY and some further CONSIDERATIONS of KANT\'S TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM
	The OBJECT in EXPERIENCE: CATEGORISING In terms of SPACE, TIME and CAUSALITY
	RETURNING to the CORE QUESTION of this BOOK
	SCHOPENHAUER: from the OBJECT to the UNITY of BEING
	CONJUNCTION of EASTERN and WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES
	A RETURN to FORM and the content of form
	The GROUND of RELATIVITY
	SOMETHING out of NOTHING
	REVEALING the NOUMENON
	The GAP
	CONFLICT RESOLUTION: the PURPOSE of CULTURE
	WHERE is the GAP?
	BEING: The GAP in HUMAN REALITY
	The QUALITY of FORMAL RELATIONSHIPS and the UNIVERSAL DIMENSION of CULTURE
	7	BEAUTY as RECONCILIATION
	BEAUTY and the ARTS
	The SUBJECTIVITY of BEAUTY
	The OBJECTIVITY of BEAUTY
	BERNSTEIN on BEAUTY
	The FRESHNESS of BEAUTY
	BEAUTY in the CREATIVE SEARCH
	The SYNONYMITY of CREATIVITY in NATURE and CULTURE
	The RECONCILIATION of CONFLICT
	RECONCILIATION in CULTURE
	UNITY in ARCHITECTURE
	The RECONCILIATION of MASS and SPACE
	An IDEA of its TIME
	The AESTHETICS of SCIENCE
	The PRINCIPLE of LOGIC (or mathematics)
	The PRINCIPLE of ERROR (or inexactness)
	The PRINCIPLE of UNIVERSALITY
	222 BEAUTY as RECONCILIATION The UNIVERSAL and the PERSONAL
	CONSCIOUSNESS as CULTURE
	The UNITY of BEING and the RELATIVITY of CONSCIOUSNESS
	CONSCIOUSNESS is STRUCTURED in KNOWLEDGE and KNOWLEDGE in CONSCIOUSNESS
	BEING: NOTHINGNESS or EVERYTHING
	BEING in the MOMENT
	VIEW from the INSIDE OUT
	8	WORKS
	PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY
	ACCEPTING the INTUITIVE
	Appendix
	The Original Outline Argument: 1978