"Aesthetics and logic are both concerned with the enjoyment of a composition, as derived from the interconnections of its factors." -- Alfred North Whitehead, "

"Aesthetics and logic are both concerned with the enjoyment of a composition, as derived from the interconnections of its factors." -- Alfred North Whitehead, "Modes of Thought". I wonder how this ties up with Naur's classical "Programming as Theory Building"? Also worth mentioning Gang of Four software patterns and their relation to the work and aesthetical thinking of Christopher Alexander (cf. "The Nature of Order").