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Science, Paradox, and the Moebius Principle confronts basic anomalies in the foundations of contemporary knowledge. Steven M. Rosen deals with paradoxes that call into question our conventional way of thinking about space, time, and the nature of human experience.
Rosen's contribution is unique in at least five respects:
1) He provides an unparalleled integration of modern theoretical science and contemporary phenomenological thought.
2) He features a section of dialogue with David Bohm, who contributed greatly in fields of major concern to the book.
3) He sets forth a process theory and philosophy, presenting a concept in which space, time, and consciousness undergo a continuous internal transformation and organic growth.
4) He furnishes a highly specific account of dialectical change, employing geometric forms that bring the dynamics of paradox into focus with unprecedented clarity.
5) He is transdisciplinary and provides transcultural bridges between the "two cultures" of science and the humanities.
"It is not the usual fare. It cross cuts standard subjects, breaking down stale boundaries. Rosen undertakes a difficult, important task. In Einstein's metaphor, he drills where the wood is thickest."—Walter Glickman, Long Island University
Foreword by Montague Ullman
Preface
I. The Moebius Principle in Science and Philosophy
Introduction
1. The Unity of Being and Becoming (1975)
2. Synsymmetry (1975)
3. Creative Evolution (1980)
4. The Concept of the Infinite and the Crisis in Modern Physics (1983)
5. A Neo-Intuitive Proposal for Kaluza-Klein Unification (1988)
6. The Paradox of Mind and Matter: Utterly Different Yet One and the Same (1992)
II. The Moebius Principle in Parapsychology
Introduction
7. A Case of Non-Euclidean Visualization (1974)
8. Toward a Representation of the "Irrepresentable" (1977)
9. Psi Modeling and the Psychophysical Problem (1983)
10. Parapsychology's "Four Cultures": Can the Schism Be Mended? (1984)
11. Psi and the Principle of Nondual Duality (1987)
III. Dialogues with David Bohm
Introduction
12. David Bohm's Wholeness and the Implicate Order: An Interpretive Essay (1982)
13. The Bohm/Rosen Correspondence (1983)
14. Time and Higher-order Wholeness: A Response to David Bohm (1984)
Epilogue: The Limitations of Language and the Need for a "Moebial" Way of Writing
Notes
Bibliography
Credit Acknowledgments
Index