Collapse of the Ontological Gradient
Because an unmeasured quantum system consists of information — neither tangible existence nor its complete absence — no property can be assigned a definite value, only a range of likely values should it be measured. The instantaneous transition from information to matter establishes a gradient betwe...
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doaj-5a855b3d7cbf461aa120aa39ee1d02602021-08-02T08:42:23ZengInternational Society of Philosophy and CosmologyФилософия и космология2307-37052518-18662020-01-0124708210.29202/phil-cosm/24/8Collapse of the Ontological GradientTed DaceBecause an unmeasured quantum system consists of information — neither tangible existence nor its complete absence — no property can be assigned a definite value, only a range of likely values should it be measured. The instantaneous transition from information to matter establishes a gradient between being and not-being. A quantum system enters a determinate state in a particular moment (being) until this moment is past (not-being), at which point the system resumes its default state as an evolving superposition of potential values of properties, neither strictly being nor not-being. Like a “self-organized” chemical system that derives energy from breaking down environmental gradients, a quantum system derives information from breaking down the ontological gradient. An organism is a body in the context of energy and a mind in the context of information.http://ispcjournal.org/journals/2020/01/PhC_24_Dace.pdfmind-body problemmeasurement problemcomplementarityimplicate ordermemorynonequilibrium thermodynamics |
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Because an unmeasured quantum system consists of information — neither tangible existence nor its complete absence — no property can be assigned a definite value, only a range of likely values should it be measured. The instantaneous transition from information to matter establishes a gradient between being and not-being. A quantum system enters a determinate state in a particular moment (being) until this moment is past (not-being), at which point the system resumes its default state as an evolving superposition of potential values of properties, neither strictly being nor not-being. Like a “self-organized” chemical system that derives energy from breaking down environmental gradients, a quantum system derives information from breaking down the ontological gradient. An organism is a body in the context of energy and a mind in the context of information. |
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