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Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behaviour. Rather than being ruled by fixed laws, nature is essentially habitual. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. Morphic resonance works through…mehr
Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behaviour. Rather than being ruled by fixed laws, nature is essentially habitual. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. Morphic resonance works through morphic fields, which organize the bodies of plants and animals, coordinate the activities of brains, and underlie mental activity. Minds are extended beyond brains both in space and time. This fully-revised and updated edition of The Presence of the Past summarizes the evidence for Dr Sheldrake's controversial theory, reviews new research, and explores its implications for biology, chemistry, physics, psychology and sociology. In place of the mechanistic worldview that has dominated biology since the nineteenth century, this book offers a revolutionary alternative, and opens up a new understanding of life, minds and evolution.
DR. RUPERT SHELDRAKE is a biologist and author of more than 80 scientific papers and ten books, including A New Science of Life (Icon, 2008). He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in Connecticut and a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California. www.sheldrake.org
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Preface to the 2012 Edition Acknowledgments Introduction The Habits of Nature The Plan of This Book 1 Eternity and Evolution Evolution in an Eternal World Physical Eternity Evolution The Evolutionary Universe Do the Laws of Nature Evolve? The Growth of Habits 2 Changeless Laws, Permanent Energy Intuitions of a Timeless Reality The Pythagoreans Platonism, Aristotelianism, and the Rise of Western Science From Nicholas of Cusa to Galileo Descartes and the Mechanical Philosophy Atomism and Materialism The Newtonian Synthesis The Theory of Relativity Quantum Theory Eternal Energy The Survival of Eternal Laws Repeatable Experiments 3 From Human Progress to Universal Evolution Faith in God’s Purposes Faith in Human Progress Progressive Evolution Time for Very Slow Change The Tree of Life The Blind Watchmaker Evolving Organisms 4 The Nature of Physical Forms The Elusiveness of Form Philosophies of Form Platonic Physics and Chemistry Platonic Biology Aristotelian Biology Materialistic Biology Morphogenesis 5 The Mystery of Morphogenesis The Unsolved Problem of Morphogenesis Organisms Are Not Preformed The Regeneration of Wholeness The Germ-Plasm Entelechy Selfish Genes Genetic Programs The Duality of Matter and Information Why Genes Are Overrated Chemical Theories of Pattern Formation Organic Wholes 6 Morphogenetic Fields Fields of Different Kinds Morphogenetic Fields The Nature of Morphogenetic Fields The Evolution of Morphogenetic Fields The Hypothesis of Formative Causation Influence through Space and Time Morphic Fields Fields of Information The Appearance of New Fields 7 Fields, Matter, and Morphic Resonance Aether, Fields, and Matter Atoms and Organisms: Fields within Fields Morphic Fields as Probability Structures A Provisional Hypothesis Molecular Morphic Resonance The Structure and Morphogenesis of Proteins Experiments on Protein Folding Morphic Resonance in Crystallization Crystallization Experiments Symmetry and Internal Resonance Self-Resonance Quantum Physics and Morphic Fields 8 Biological Inheritance Genes and Fields Mutations The “Lamarckian” Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics Epigenetic Inheritance The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics in Fruit Flies Dominant and Recessive Morphic Fields The Morphic Fields of Instinctive Behavior The Inheritance of Behavioral Fields Studies with Identical Twins “Missing Heritability” and the Human Genome Project Morphic Resonance and Heredity 9 Animal Memory Morphic Resonance and Memory Are Memories Stored inside the Brain? Habituation Learning The Transmission of Learning by Morphic Resonance The Evolution of New Patterns of Behavior 10 Morphic Resonance in Human Learning The Acquisition of Physical Skills Morphic Resonance in Language Learning Experimental Tests with Foreign Languages A Test with Morse Code A Possible Test with Hindi Keyboards New-field Tests Rising IQ Test Scores 11 Remembering and Forgetting Behavioral and Mental Fields Memories and Morphic Resonance Habituation and Awareness Recognizing Recalling Brains and Memories The Trace Theory of Memory Brain Damage and the Loss of Memory The Electrical Evocation of Memories Forgetting Memories of Past Lives 12 Minds and Brains Materialism versus Dualism Programs of the Brain Brains and Extended Minds Vision Perceptual Fields Body Images and Phantom Limbs Extended Minds and Personal Experience 13 The Morphic Fields of Animal Societies Animal Societies as Organisms Societies of Insects Schools of Fish Flocks of Birds Computer Models The Organization of Animal Societies Cultural Inheritance 14 The Fields of Human Societies and Cultures Human Societies as Organisms Cultural Inheritance Theories of Social and Cultural Organization Functionalism and Structuralism Group Minds Collective Behavior The Collective Unconscious Evolutionary Psychology 15 Myths, Rituals, and the Influence of Tradition Myths and Origins Rituals Initiations Traditions, Schools, Styles, and Influences The Fields of Science 16 The Evolution of Life Evolutionary Faith The Ambiguity of Darwin Spontaneous Variation The Effects of Habit Natural Selection The Evolution of Morphic Fields Extinction and Atavism Evolutionary Convergences 17 Cosmic Evolution Science, God, and the Origin of the Universe The Evolution of the Known Fields of Physics Mathematical Universes Is There a Purpose in Evolution? Formative Causation and the Evolution of Physics Morphic Resonance between Planets Dark Matter and Dark Energy Morphic Fields of Galaxies Universal Self-Resonance 18 Creativity within a Living World The Mystery of Creativity How Evolution Brings Nature Back to Life Fields, Souls, and Magic Creative Morphic Fields Habit and Creativity The Origin of New Fields The Primal Field of Nature Epilogue Notes Bibliography Glossary Index
Preface to the 2012 Edition Acknowledgments Introduction The Habits of Nature The Plan of This Book 1 Eternity and Evolution Evolution in an Eternal World Physical Eternity Evolution The Evolutionary Universe Do the Laws of Nature Evolve? The Growth of Habits 2 Changeless Laws, Permanent Energy Intuitions of a Timeless Reality The Pythagoreans Platonism, Aristotelianism, and the Rise of Western Science From Nicholas of Cusa to Galileo Descartes and the Mechanical Philosophy Atomism and Materialism The Newtonian Synthesis The Theory of Relativity Quantum Theory Eternal Energy The Survival of Eternal Laws Repeatable Experiments 3 From Human Progress to Universal Evolution Faith in God’s Purposes Faith in Human Progress Progressive Evolution Time for Very Slow Change The Tree of Life The Blind Watchmaker Evolving Organisms 4 The Nature of Physical Forms The Elusiveness of Form Philosophies of Form Platonic Physics and Chemistry Platonic Biology Aristotelian Biology Materialistic Biology Morphogenesis 5 The Mystery of Morphogenesis The Unsolved Problem of Morphogenesis Organisms Are Not Preformed The Regeneration of Wholeness The Germ-Plasm Entelechy Selfish Genes Genetic Programs The Duality of Matter and Information Why Genes Are Overrated Chemical Theories of Pattern Formation Organic Wholes 6 Morphogenetic Fields Fields of Different Kinds Morphogenetic Fields The Nature of Morphogenetic Fields The Evolution of Morphogenetic Fields The Hypothesis of Formative Causation Influence through Space and Time Morphic Fields Fields of Information The Appearance of New Fields 7 Fields, Matter, and Morphic Resonance Aether, Fields, and Matter Atoms and Organisms: Fields within Fields Morphic Fields as Probability Structures A Provisional Hypothesis Molecular Morphic Resonance The Structure and Morphogenesis of Proteins Experiments on Protein Folding Morphic Resonance in Crystallization Crystallization Experiments Symmetry and Internal Resonance Self-Resonance Quantum Physics and Morphic Fields 8 Biological Inheritance Genes and Fields Mutations The “Lamarckian” Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics Epigenetic Inheritance The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics in Fruit Flies Dominant and Recessive Morphic Fields The Morphic Fields of Instinctive Behavior The Inheritance of Behavioral Fields Studies with Identical Twins “Missing Heritability” and the Human Genome Project Morphic Resonance and Heredity 9 Animal Memory Morphic Resonance and Memory Are Memories Stored inside the Brain? Habituation Learning The Transmission of Learning by Morphic Resonance The Evolution of New Patterns of Behavior 10 Morphic Resonance in Human Learning The Acquisition of Physical Skills Morphic Resonance in Language Learning Experimental Tests with Foreign Languages A Test with Morse Code A Possible Test with Hindi Keyboards New-field Tests Rising IQ Test Scores 11 Remembering and Forgetting Behavioral and Mental Fields Memories and Morphic Resonance Habituation and Awareness Recognizing Recalling Brains and Memories The Trace Theory of Memory Brain Damage and the Loss of Memory The Electrical Evocation of Memories Forgetting Memories of Past Lives 12 Minds and Brains Materialism versus Dualism Programs of the Brain Brains and Extended Minds Vision Perceptual Fields Body Images and Phantom Limbs Extended Minds and Personal Experience 13 The Morphic Fields of Animal Societies Animal Societies as Organisms Societies of Insects Schools of Fish Flocks of Birds Computer Models The Organization of Animal Societies Cultural Inheritance 14 The Fields of Human Societies and Cultures Human Societies as Organisms Cultural Inheritance Theories of Social and Cultural Organization Functionalism and Structuralism Group Minds Collective Behavior The Collective Unconscious Evolutionary Psychology 15 Myths, Rituals, and the Influence of Tradition Myths and Origins Rituals Initiations Traditions, Schools, Styles, and Influences The Fields of Science 16 The Evolution of Life Evolutionary Faith The Ambiguity of Darwin Spontaneous Variation The Effects of Habit Natural Selection The Evolution of Morphic Fields Extinction and Atavism Evolutionary Convergences 17 Cosmic Evolution Science, God, and the Origin of the Universe The Evolution of the Known Fields of Physics Mathematical Universes Is There a Purpose in Evolution? Formative Causation and the Evolution of Physics Morphic Resonance between Planets Dark Matter and Dark Energy Morphic Fields of Galaxies Universal Self-Resonance 18 Creativity within a Living World The Mystery of Creativity How Evolution Brings Nature Back to Life Fields, Souls, and Magic Creative Morphic Fields Habit and Creativity The Origin of New Fields The Primal Field of Nature Epilogue Notes Bibliography Glossary Index
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