Connectivity Hypothesis, The
Foundations of an Integral Science of Quantum, Cosmos, Life, and Consciousness
Publication Year: 2003
Published by: State University of New York Press
Cover
Front Matter
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pp. i-iv
Contents
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pp. v-vi
Foreword
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pp. vii-viii
Pythagoras, ancient theologian and prophet, imagined a model for cosmos and consciousness based on number mysticism. But two thousand years would pass before his prophecy could be realized. Then in 1637, Ren
Introduction
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century the main branches of the empirical sciences face a paradigm shift as deep as that which occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century, when classical physics gave way to relativity and subsequently to quantum physics. The current shift goes beyond the ruling paradigm...
PART 1
The finding of coherence at various scales of size and complexity in nature, from quanta, the smallest identifiable units of the physical world, to galactic macrostructures, the largest units, is not the finding of the standard form of coherence. The standard form is observed in optical interference experiments. Ordinary...
Chapter 1
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pp. 5-16
In the physical world the anomalous form of coherence has been much researched and discussed. It is quantum coherence—the coherence among the quantized packets of matter-energy known as quanta. The curious behavior of quanta is legendary. The light and...
Chapter 2
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pp. 17-26
We now set forth our inquiry into the foundations of a transdisciplinary unified theory by considering the kind of coherence exhibited in the domains of life. Nonlocal coherence at the mesoscale between the microscale of the quantum and the macroscale of the universe is just as remarkable as coherence in the world of...
Chapter 3
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pp. 27-38
Coherence in the living world stands to reason: if they are to survive and evolve in the inherently improbable dynamic regime far from thermodynamic equilibrium, organisms need to be highly coherent both in regard to their own structure, and in relation to their environment. But there is a surprising and as yet...
Chapter 4
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pp. 39-48
The finding of the above reviewed forms of coherence in diverse domains of nature and mind offers a basis for the transdisciplinary unification of our understanding of both cosmos and consciousness. It needs to be integrated into the conceptual structure of science, however, and this may call for the revision of some...
PART 2
In part 1 we presented evidence that the anomalous forms of coherence—intrinsic, instantaneous and distance-independent correlations among the proximal and distant parts of a system— are coming to light independently in areas of investigation as diverse as quantum physics, physical cosmology, the biophysics of...
Chapter 5
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pp. 51-64
Recent findings regarding the fundamental properties of physical nature constitute the premises of the hypothesis of connectivity. The relevant findings can be grouped under three headings: 1. Space is an energy-filled plenum. 2. The energies that fill space are the...
Chapter 6
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pp. 65-71
The premises of connectivity hypothesis are based on the current finding that cosmic space constitutes a physically real plenum that, through interaction with particles and systems of particles, determines many and conceivably all of the physical properties of nature. The postulates...
Chapter 7
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pp. 73-77
We can now advance the hypothesis that can ground the transdisciplinary unification of a fully developed integral quantum science: the hypothesis of (quasi-universal) connectivity. Its postulates, advanced in the foregoing chapter, suggest that the coherence-inducing response of the plenum to the presence of...
Chapter 8
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pp. 79-93
Coherence suggests correlation, we said in chapter 4, and implies the presence of an interconnecting field. The postulates of connectivity presented in chapter 6 claim that this is the Ψ field, a field of scalar potentials associated with the cosmic plenum. The hypothesis of connectivity put forward in chapter 7 describes...
Chapter 9
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pp. 95-101
Historians and sociologists of science often remark that scientific knowledge grows not only, or even primarily, through the sustained accumulation of observations built into preexisting theories, but through leaps from one fundamental theoretical...
Postscript
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pp. 103-109
Metaphysics, according to Aristotle, follows physics as the study of the first principles entailed by our understanding of the nature of reality. Every conception of the nature of reality entails a metaphysics, whether it is recognized or not. Conscious recognition of the indicated metaphysics is both intellectually...
Philosophical Implications
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pp. 110-118
Universal (or quasi-universal) connectivity in the cosmos harbors implications for issues of fundamental philosophical interest. Here we choose three issues for discussion: materialism versus idealism, freedom and morality, and the concept of the divine and its...
Appendix 1
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pp. 119-124
Appendix 2
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pp. 125-131
References
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pp. 133-142
Index
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pp. 143-147
E-ISBN-13: 9780791486559
Print-ISBN-13: 9780791457856
Print-ISBN-10: 0791457850
Page Count: 147
Publication Year: 2003
OCLC Number: 56066764
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