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Menas C Kafatos

3 papers in the library · 23 citations · publishing 2016-2017

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Sheaf theoretic formulation for consciousness and qualia and relationship to the idealism of non-dual philosophies.

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology December 1, 2017 Menas C Kafatos, Goro C Kato

Questions about the nature of reality, whether Consciousness is the fundamental reality in the universe, and what is Consciousness itself, have no answer in systems that assume an external reality independent of Consciousness. Ultimately, the ontological foundation of such systems is the absolute division of subject and object. We advocate instead what we consider to be an approach that is in...

The quantum universe: philosophical foundations and oriental medicine.

Integrative Medicine Research December 1, 2016 Menas C Kafatos, Keun-Hang Yang

The existence of universal principles in both science and medicine implies that one can explore their common applicability. Here we explore what we have learned from quantum mechanics, phenomena such as entanglement and nonlocality, the role of participation of the observer, and how these may apply to oriental medicine. The universal principles of integrated polarity, recursion, and creative...

Fundamental awareness: A framework for integrating science, philosophy and metaphysics.

Communicative & Integrative Biology 2016 Neil D Theise, Menas C Kafatos 23 citations

The ontologic framework of Fundamental Awareness proposed here assumes that non-dual Awareness is foundational to the universe, not arising from the interactions or structures of higher level phenomena. The framework allows comparison and integration of views from the three investigative domains concerned with understanding the nature of consciousness: science, philosophy, and metaphysics. In...