11.04.09
Kant and Biocentrism
This book has been traveling in comments, and I sat down and went through it again: it is actually very close to Kant indeed, almost a rediscovery, but on its own terms, and I therefore caution against too close an identification. But clearly Kant anticipated the framework of Biocentrism quite a while ago!
The book Biocentrism can help to both see the connection to Kant and to keep him separate from physics. The book is helpful on getting unstuck from the strong realism of Einstein’s special theory of relativity which tends to consolidate the bastion of realism when the reality is the opposite.
In general, the question is, how does this framework solve our Darwin problem. Answer in another post!
James said,
November 8, 2009 at 11:16 am
I haven’t read the book, but I always find myself unimpressed with these theories that use QM to argue that life and consciousness are the creators of “reality.” In a sense, I don’t really think there is anything weird about QM; to me, it just seems to indicate that our Newtonian (and maybe Einsteinian) ideas of time, space, locality, etc. are rather naive. Time and space may be constructions of our perceptual faculties, but that certainly doesn’t lead to the conclusion that “differentiation” of some sort doesn’t exist objectively.
Stephen P. Smith said,
November 8, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Amit Goswamii`s “Self Aware Universe” provides a good avenue to unit QM with a transcendental idealism that Goswamii calls monistic idealism. Goswamii has other book too that are worthy of reading.
Darwiniana » Biocentrism and QM said,
November 8, 2009 at 1:13 pm
[...] Two comments on Kant and biocentrism James said, November 8, 2009 at 11:16 am · I haven’t read the book, but I always find myself unimpressed with these theories that use QM to argue that life and consciousness are the creators of “reality.” In a sense, I don’t really think there is anything weird about QM; to me, it just seems to indicate that our Newtonian (and maybe Einsteinian) ideas of time, space, locality, etc. are rather naive. Time and space may be constructions of our perceptual faculties, but that certainly doesn’t lead to the conclusion that “differentiation” of some sort doesn’t exist objectively. ———————————– Stephen P. Smith said, November 8, 2009 at 12:33 pm · Amit Goswamii`s “Self Aware Universe” provides a good avenue to unit QM with a transcendental idealism that Goswamii calls monistic idealism. Goswamii has other book too that are worthy of reading. [...]