The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World
Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence, declares University of Oregon physicist Goswami, echoing the mystic sages of his native India. He holds that the universe is self-aware, and that consciousness creates the physical world.
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Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence, declares University of Oregon physicist Goswami, echoing the mystic sages of his native India. He holds that the universe is self-aware, and that consciousness creates the physical world. Publishers Weekly Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence, declares University of Oregon physicist Goswami, echoing the mystic sages of his native India. He holds that the universe is self-aware, and that consciousness creates the physical world. Calling this theory ``monistic idealism,'' he claims it is not only ``the basis of all religions worldwide'' but also the correct philosophy for modern science. Once people give up the assumption that there is an objective reality independent of consciousness, the paradoxes of quantum physics are explainable, contends Goswami, writing with his wife and Reed ( Building the Future from Our Past ). He also applies his hypothesis to the so-called mind-body schism, which he attempts to heal. Sketching a model of the self, this demanding but rewarding treatise uses analogies from the ``new physics'' to throw light on choice, free will, creativity, the unconscious and paths to spiritual growth. Illustrated. (Apr.)
IllustrationsPrefaceForewordPt. 1The Integration of Science and SpiritualityIntroduction to Part 111The Chasm and the Bridge32The Old Physics and Its Philosophical Legacy133Quantum Physics and the Demise of Material Realism244The Philosophy of Monistic Idealism48Pt. 2Idealism and the Resolution of the Quantum ParadoxesIntroduction to Part 2635Objects in Two Places at Once and Effects That Precede Their Causes656The Nine Lives of Schrodinger's Cat787I Choose, Therefore I Am1058The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox1139The Reconciliation of Realism and Idealism137Pt. 3Self-Reference: How the One Becomes ManyIntroduction to Part 314710Exploring the Mind-Body Problem14911In Search of the Quantum Mind16112Paradoxes and Tangled Hierarchies17613The "I" of Consciousness18814Integrating the Psychologies199Pt. 4The Re-Enchantment of the PersonIntroduction to Part 421315War and Peace21716Outer and Inner Creativity22517The Awakening of Buddhi23718An Idealist Theory of Ethics25619Spiritual Joy269Glossary275Notes287Bibliography297Index307
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence, declares University of Oregon physicist Goswami, echoing the mystic sages of his native India. He holds that the universe is self-aware, and that consciousness creates the physical world. Calling this theory ``monistic idealism,'' he claims it is not only ``the basis of all religions worldwide'' but also the correct philosophy for modern science. Once people give up the assumption that there is an objective reality independent of consciousness, the paradoxes of quantum physics are explainable, contends Goswami, writing with his wife and Reed ( Building the Future from Our Past ). He also applies his hypothesis to the so-called mind-body schism, which he attempts to heal. Sketching a model of the self, this demanding but rewarding treatise uses analogies from the ``new physics'' to throw light on choice, free will, creativity, the unconscious and paths to spiritual growth. Illustrated. (Apr.)\ \
