An Experimental Solution Based on Holistic Philosophy Perspective to Coordinate the Body-Mind Problem

Abstract

The natural sciences are based on the material view, which regards the external as an objective entity independent of perception. As scientists explore deeper at the micro level, this potential assumption has led to many paradoxes related to consciousness. Phenomena revealed by biology and physics together imply that we cannot treat body and mind (or matter and consciousness) as absolute opposites, but rather, that they are intrinsically inseparable. The accumulating hypotheses and theoretical models provide us with valuable insights. However, science takes falsifiability as its gold standard, and an experimental model to scientifically demonstrate the unified relationship between the two is still lacking. In our previous article, we argued that the cognitive paradigm of holism, which places emphasis on the objectivity in perception rather than the outer, is a potential solution for reconciling the paradoxes related to consciousness. Although Taiji philosophy is metaphysical, its principles can still be proved scientifically. In this article, we propose that different cognitive perspectives (holistic or reductive) can reveal different states of connection between things, both of which are objective but manifest with different characteristics. We explore a candidate experimental model to prove that abstract connections between things based on irrational perspective are objective attributes that affect the subject's reality. The holistic cognitive paradigm does not distinguish things at the macro- and micro-levels. Therefore, the experimental model based on this perspective is also applicable to reconcile the contradictions of quantum theory, and the causal view established by the holistic view is not limited by time-space.