ORDER (Implicate)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2384 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
The hypothesis according to which there is a deeper level of order in theuniverse that we can only glimpse in a fleeting way through local and momentaneous effects .
The hypothesis has been introduced by D. BÖHM (1980) as an interpretation of events at the quantum level.
Any observed phenomenon should be viewed as a “explicate”, unpermanent manifestation of the universal implicate order. All forms and movements -corresponding to our perceptions - would be only transient fluctuations of the basic cosmic “fabric”or “whole ” as a continuum of energy whatever this could be
As in many other cases, the explanation generates new question marks. Implicate order could even conceivably signal the end of the road for scientific inquiry
In effect, implicate order carries obvious philosophical undertones and reminds of some pronouncements of hindu philosophy. G. ROUVILLOIS writes the following about SHRI AUROBINDO's space-time concept: “The original statute is that of a non-temporal and non-spatial Reality. Space and time would be the same Reality extending herself to obtain the unfolding of what was contained in her. Space and time are the names that we bestow on this self-extension of the one Reality.
- “The starting point of AUROBINDO's analysis is the opposition between the unmanifested and manifestation. In a manner, one may say that manifestation belong to a lower order of reality than the unmanifested…
- “The non-manifest is the non-temporal, the absolutely eternal, an absolute being by itself, on which manifestation and its limitations can give only a limited and deceitful indication ”(1998, p. 79)
The parallelism with BÖHM's view is striking. ROUVILLOIS asks himself: “Is space —time a conceptual frame , or a mirror of brain symmetries ?”
It seems that we cannot finally escape from a lingering doubt about the realmeaning of “Reality”(with or without a majuscule) and our perceptiveawareness as the source of “manifestation”.
See also
Manifest versus hidden, Ontological skepticism, Present (the everlasting), Quantum Hologram, Quantum vacuum