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The search for truth -- Comparative heuristics -- Lessons from history -- Conceptual exploration -- Cousins

The article deals with the "Quantum mind"hypothesis which has been elaborated in recent works of Alexander Wendt. It is ultimately significant to analyze this hypothesis and to expand on its difficulties and possible inconsistencies given Wendt's credentials in IR theorizing. It allows us to develop a new approach and promising research program on the basis of the hypothesis and its critical reflection. Wendt's quantum physicalism (or holism) implies serious philosophical injury and outstanding usage of different science disciplines' apparatus including physics, biology, and psychology. Thought-provoking approach of Wendt boosts researching efforts within the field of political philosophy, world politics and international relations. The main feature of the hypothesis is the idea of quantum nature in social and political processes which appears to be the consequence of epistemological authority of current science. Alexander Wendt proposes several explanations for quantum foundations within the political and social processes including wide-known "agent-structure" dilemma. According to him, invisibility of social structures does not lead to denial of its existence. Firstly, social structures emerge from the space of possibilities and are not directly dependant on material factors. Secondly, invisibility and its acceptance in different areas are parts of science clarification in many areas including quantum physics. The article discuses how quantum physics principles such as particle-wave dualism, superposition and size absoluteness can be useful in social and political studies. This allows us to demonstrate the given hypothesi' potential in research field of social sciences with regard to international relations and world politics.

Part I. Foundational concepts Faith -- Knowledge -- Theology -- Part II. Trinitarian development Bible to Nicaea -- Constantinople to the Reformation -- Contemporary Trinitarian development -- Part III. Science and the Trinity Theology, science, and quantum theory -- Perichoretic Trinitarian panentheism -- The entangled Trinity

"In this chapter, I argue that Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism, which con-
ceived the natural world as consisting of substances which are metaphysically
composed of matter and form, is ripe for rehabilitation in the light of quantum
physics. I begin by discussing Aristotle's conception of matter and form, as
it was understood by Aquinas, and how Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism
was `physicalised' and eventually abandoned with the rise of microphysicalism.
I argue that the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, and the emergence of
irreducibly macroscopic phenomena in nite temperature quantum systems,
have given us good reasons to doubt the truth of microphysicalism. In support
of my argument, I show how to construct a hylomorphic interpretation of the
de Broglie-Bohm theory that posits a single Cosmic Substance. I then show
how to construct a hylomorphic interpretation of an alternative `contextual'
wave function collapse theory (recently proposed by the physicists Barbara
Drossel and George Ellis) which posits a plurality of Thermal Substances.
Both of these neo-Aristotelian ontologies reject the microphysicalist dogma
that nature consists fundamentally of some set of microscopic constituents."

Realism in Context: The Examples of Lifeworld and Quantum Physics
Lifeworld realism and quantum-physical realism are taken as experience-dependent conceptions of the world that become objects of explicit reflection when confronted with context-external discourses. After a brief sketch of the two contexts of experience—lifeworld and quantum physics—and their realist interpretations, I will discuss the quantum world from the perspective of lifeworld realism. From this perspective, the quantum world—roughly speaking—has to be either unreal or else constitute a different reality. Then, I invert the perspective and examine the lifeworld from the standpoint of quantumphysical realism. This conception of the lifeworld has gained momentum from new research results in recent decades. Despite its experiential basis, quantum-physical realism bears an ambiguity akin to that of lifeworld realism. While the perspectival inversion serves to highlight the problem, it also contributes to an improved understanding of lifeworld-realism.

The author analyzes the tension between freedom & determinism with respect to the laws of science and nature. Reviewed here is Frayn's play with the contexts of history, ethics, science and morality. Adapted from the source document.

The religion of science -- The science of religion -- The light-show illusion of matter -- The energy-verse and the heavens -- Heaven is a hologram -- Our simultaneous existence in two interpenetrating realms -- The intelligently guided cosmic movie -- Ye are gods -- The physics of God: a summary