This paper explores microvita theory and its relevance to information science.There are two parts to this, the first is theoretical and outlines microvita theory as an epistemological product of the Tantric theory of consciousness and mind.The civilizational value of such a theory is contextualized via a consideration of Gilles Deleuze's concept of transcendental empiricism.Links to information...
In this paper I identify a link between the problem of explaining anomalous access to information ('psi' or 'psychic ability') and the problem of giving an account of the nature of consciousness ('the mind-body problem'). I argue that progress with understanding psi requires selecting a suitable ontological model for dealing with the mind-body problem. I review alternatives and argue, on...
Textbooks tell us that our brain is the source of all thought.Like a computer, we learn to react and make decisions based on past programming and what we have learned from our environment.However, now scientists like Henry Stapp from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stuart Hameroff from the University of Arizona are researching brain functions that work beyond classical physics.They...
The purpose of this paper is to initiate a broader dialogue on the use of integrated intelligence (or INI) in formal research.The application of INI in research is referred to as integrated inquiry.The idea of integrated intelligence, and its specific applications, can be viewed as genuine cognitive processes, or for the more skeptical, as provocations to inspire the researcher toward greater...