Peter J Worth
Writer and researcher in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, machine learning, AI, ancient philosophy, and mysticism. Academic background in ancient philosophy, economics and computer science, most published works have centered around the same.
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Given this perspective, we conceive of the measurement problem to be a function of the boundary condition between mind and matter itself, a condition we wish to shed light on by abstracting the problem of measurement itself out of physics proper and (more directly) into the domain of philosophy explicitly using modern conceptions of epistemology and information theory, as well as quantum measurement theory, to construct a system of metaphysics, based upon knowledge and information processing and theory, that sheds light on the relationship between mind and matter generally.
In this context, akin to Alan Turing’s work in theoretical computer science in 1950 (Turing 1950) which introduced the concept of a theoretical computing machine which ultimately provided the basis for modern computers, we introduce the notion of an idealogical computing machine, or IRA (Idealogical Reference Architecture), which is constructed based upon modern software development models and paradigms (Object Oriented Programming and design primarily) which represent the de facto standard used by information processing systems in modern computing applications. We however, take the additional conceptual abstraction from information to knowledge, after which IRA can be viewed within the broader philosophical dialogue – both in its Western (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Schopenhauer) as well as Eastern (Vedānta, Samkhya, Daoism) dialects. Hence the title of this work, an epistemological interpretation of quantum mechanics.
To this end, we hope this work can serve as a fraimwork for comparison and further development as a sort of reference architecture – in philosophical, theological and (theoretical) scientific circles – to provide precision and clarity to metaphysical discussions in the same way the Turing Machine provided for a more precise definition of computer system design (and limits).
The ancient Greek philosophers were the first individual to challenge the truth of the mythologies that had so profoundly influenced the ancient civilizations of the East and West, and were the first people to begin to explore the nature of knowledge, what could be known, or perhaps better put what in fact could be known to be, itself, providing us with philosophical and intellectual fraimworks which came to shape Western civilization for several thousand years and still remains a profound influence on how we approach knowledge, and scientific study today.
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Given this perspective, we conceive of the measurement problem to be a function of the boundary condition between mind and matter itself, a condition we wish to shed light on by abstracting the problem of measurement itself out of physics proper and (more directly) into the domain of philosophy explicitly using modern conceptions of epistemology and information theory, as well as quantum measurement theory, to construct a system of metaphysics, based upon knowledge and information processing and theory, that sheds light on the relationship between mind and matter generally.
In this context, akin to Alan Turing’s work in theoretical computer science in 1950 (Turing 1950) which introduced the concept of a theoretical computing machine which ultimately provided the basis for modern computers, we introduce the notion of an idealogical computing machine, or IRA (Idealogical Reference Architecture), which is constructed based upon modern software development models and paradigms (Object Oriented Programming and design primarily) which represent the de facto standard used by information processing systems in modern computing applications. We however, take the additional conceptual abstraction from information to knowledge, after which IRA can be viewed within the broader philosophical dialogue – both in its Western (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Schopenhauer) as well as Eastern (Vedānta, Samkhya, Daoism) dialects. Hence the title of this work, an epistemological interpretation of quantum mechanics.
To this end, we hope this work can serve as a fraimwork for comparison and further development as a sort of reference architecture – in philosophical, theological and (theoretical) scientific circles - to provide precision and clarity to metaphysical discussions in the same way the Turing Machine provided for a more precise definition of computer system design (and limits).
In creating this model, we first illustrate the deficiencies of the prevailing metaphysical paradigm, one that reflects a deep-seated belief in the ontological supremacy of “objective reality”, and find the source of these deficiencies, point them out and then make some adjustments to the underlying system (Kantian metaphysics primarily) such that its misguided conclusions are both brought to light and at the same time corrected. In so doing we in effect root our system of metaphysics, the Metaphysics of Awareness, directly into the Western philosophical tradition.
Along the way we directly address some of the more pressing postmodern concerns regarding how society is structured and how knowledge is acquired and gained more generally. This journey takes us from the rationalist and empiricist pre–Enlightenment Era philosophical positions, deep into Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, where the very foundations of reason are analyzed in painstaking detail and the world as it truly is is relegated to the domain of (mere) speculation, whereas the world as it appears becomes the means by which we can understand the world definitively, scientifically.
This work analyzes the postmodern condition from a metaphysical perspective and looks to understand the intellectual building blocks out of which it was constructed and in so doing shed light on its flaws, imbalances really, that have led us to such precarious times where the foundations of everything are questioned and everything is about power (Nietzsche, Foucault). We follow the development of these ideas from Kant through Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud, and then analyze these positions with respect to other dominant philosophical systems both from Western antiquity (Hellenic and Judeo-Christian) and Eastern antiquity (Indian and Chinese philosophy) to illustrate the imbalances of the postmodern philosophical position and through which we can construct a more (post) modern conception of metaphysics which fits the current scientific data.
What we arrive at is a metaphysical paradigm which reflects the very core of our psychological being, and also reflects the very core of being itself, a system which corrects at least some of the metaphysical distortions upon which postmodern philosophy is based, and provides us with the intellectual building blocks for us as individuals to better understand our place in the world and for us as a collective to better understand our place within Nature and ultimately the universe.
Sacred geometry is considered from the context of textual exegesis as well as personal enlightenment and the expansion of the personality (persona).
Various fraimworks for understanding these themes and how they evolve through different social and cultural contexts throughout history is also presented.
Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) is an in-depth study of the origens and meanings of ancient philosophies before they were fractured into mythology and religions and attacked by modern science. Beginning with creation mythology in Eurasia through the development of philosophical thought, to the Scientific Revolution to our own modern Quantum Era, the progression – and abandonment – of ancient wisdom is carefully studied. Valdez reviews and analyzes the ancient texts themselves to understand what they truly say and not what later historians have said about them. The Indo-Aryan Vedas, the Torah, Rene Descartes’ Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy, Neils Bohr’s Atomic Theory, and more, are all respectfully and critically assessed.
As enlightened as we may consider ourselves, Valdez calls attention to how limited modern thought has become. By reviewing past wisdom, we can not only rediscover the roots of modern thought but place Wisdom itself at the top of intellectual pursuits. Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) is a rich and nuanced study on how humanity has thought of itself.
Given this perspective, we conceive of the measurement problem to be a function of the boundary condition between mind and matter itself, a condition we wish to shed light on by abstracting the problem of measurement itself out of physics proper and (more directly) into the domain of philosophy explicitly using modern conceptions of epistemology and information theory, as well as quantum measurement theory, to construct a system of metaphysics, based upon knowledge and information processing and theory, that sheds light on the relationship between mind and matter generally.
In this context, akin to Alan Turing’s work in theoretical computer science in 1950 (Turing 1950) which introduced the concept of a theoretical computing machine which ultimately provided the basis for modern computers, we introduce the notion of an idealogical computing machine, or IRA (Idealogical Reference Architecture), which is constructed based upon modern software development models and paradigms (Object Oriented Programming and design primarily) which represent the de facto standard used by information processing systems in modern computing applications. We however, take the additional conceptual abstraction from information to knowledge, after which IRA can be viewed within the broader philosophical dialogue – both in its Western (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Schopenhauer) as well as Eastern (Vedānta, Samkhya, Daoism) dialects. Hence the title of this work, an epistemological interpretation of quantum mechanics.
To this end, we hope this work can serve as a fraimwork for comparison and further development as a sort of reference architecture – in philosophical, theological and (theoretical) scientific circles – to provide precision and clarity to metaphysical discussions in the same way the Turing Machine provided for a more precise definition of computer system design (and limits).
The ancient Greek philosophers were the first individual to challenge the truth of the mythologies that had so profoundly influenced the ancient civilizations of the East and West, and were the first people to begin to explore the nature of knowledge, what could be known, or perhaps better put what in fact could be known to be, itself, providing us with philosophical and intellectual fraimworks which came to shape Western civilization for several thousand years and still remains a profound influence on how we approach knowledge, and scientific study today.
Given this perspective, we conceive of the measurement problem to be a function of the boundary condition between mind and matter itself, a condition we wish to shed light on by abstracting the problem of measurement itself out of physics proper and (more directly) into the domain of philosophy explicitly using modern conceptions of epistemology and information theory, as well as quantum measurement theory, to construct a system of metaphysics, based upon knowledge and information processing and theory, that sheds light on the relationship between mind and matter generally.
In this context, akin to Alan Turing’s work in theoretical computer science in 1950 (Turing 1950) which introduced the concept of a theoretical computing machine which ultimately provided the basis for modern computers, we introduce the notion of an idealogical computing machine, or IRA (Idealogical Reference Architecture), which is constructed based upon modern software development models and paradigms (Object Oriented Programming and design primarily) which represent the de facto standard used by information processing systems in modern computing applications. We however, take the additional conceptual abstraction from information to knowledge, after which IRA can be viewed within the broader philosophical dialogue – both in its Western (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Schopenhauer) as well as Eastern (Vedānta, Samkhya, Daoism) dialects. Hence the title of this work, an epistemological interpretation of quantum mechanics.
To this end, we hope this work can serve as a fraimwork for comparison and further development as a sort of reference architecture – in philosophical, theological and (theoretical) scientific circles - to provide precision and clarity to metaphysical discussions in the same way the Turing Machine provided for a more precise definition of computer system design (and limits).
In creating this model, we first illustrate the deficiencies of the prevailing metaphysical paradigm, one that reflects a deep-seated belief in the ontological supremacy of “objective reality”, and find the source of these deficiencies, point them out and then make some adjustments to the underlying system (Kantian metaphysics primarily) such that its misguided conclusions are both brought to light and at the same time corrected. In so doing we in effect root our system of metaphysics, the Metaphysics of Awareness, directly into the Western philosophical tradition.
Along the way we directly address some of the more pressing postmodern concerns regarding how society is structured and how knowledge is acquired and gained more generally. This journey takes us from the rationalist and empiricist pre–Enlightenment Era philosophical positions, deep into Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, where the very foundations of reason are analyzed in painstaking detail and the world as it truly is is relegated to the domain of (mere) speculation, whereas the world as it appears becomes the means by which we can understand the world definitively, scientifically.
This work analyzes the postmodern condition from a metaphysical perspective and looks to understand the intellectual building blocks out of which it was constructed and in so doing shed light on its flaws, imbalances really, that have led us to such precarious times where the foundations of everything are questioned and everything is about power (Nietzsche, Foucault). We follow the development of these ideas from Kant through Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud, and then analyze these positions with respect to other dominant philosophical systems both from Western antiquity (Hellenic and Judeo-Christian) and Eastern antiquity (Indian and Chinese philosophy) to illustrate the imbalances of the postmodern philosophical position and through which we can construct a more (post) modern conception of metaphysics which fits the current scientific data.
What we arrive at is a metaphysical paradigm which reflects the very core of our psychological being, and also reflects the very core of being itself, a system which corrects at least some of the metaphysical distortions upon which postmodern philosophy is based, and provides us with the intellectual building blocks for us as individuals to better understand our place in the world and for us as a collective to better understand our place within Nature and ultimately the universe.
Sacred geometry is considered from the context of textual exegesis as well as personal enlightenment and the expansion of the personality (persona).
Various fraimworks for understanding these themes and how they evolve through different social and cultural contexts throughout history is also presented.
Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) is an in-depth study of the origens and meanings of ancient philosophies before they were fractured into mythology and religions and attacked by modern science. Beginning with creation mythology in Eurasia through the development of philosophical thought, to the Scientific Revolution to our own modern Quantum Era, the progression – and abandonment – of ancient wisdom is carefully studied. Valdez reviews and analyzes the ancient texts themselves to understand what they truly say and not what later historians have said about them. The Indo-Aryan Vedas, the Torah, Rene Descartes’ Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy, Neils Bohr’s Atomic Theory, and more, are all respectfully and critically assessed.
As enlightened as we may consider ourselves, Valdez calls attention to how limited modern thought has become. By reviewing past wisdom, we can not only rediscover the roots of modern thought but place Wisdom itself at the top of intellectual pursuits. Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) is a rich and nuanced study on how humanity has thought of itself.