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Endo- and Exo-Concepts of Observation and Knowledge in Physics, Philosophy and Cognitive Science

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Harald Atmanspacher

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

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  2. Gerhard J. Dalenoort

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics (SSSYN, volume 63)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Harald Atmanspacher, Gerhard J. Dalenoort
      Pages 1-12

  3. General Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Objectification as an Endo-Exo Transition

      • Harald Atmanspacher
      Pages 15-32

    3. Action Principles and Teleology

      • Michael Stöltzner
      Pages 33-62

    4. Physical Time and Intrinsic Temporality

      • Georg Franck
      Pages 63-83

    5. Biological Evolution as a Process Viewed Internally

      • George Kampis
      Pages 85-110

    6. Internal and External Representations of Mental Processes

      • G. J. Dalenoort, P. H. de Vries
      Pages 111-120

    7. What Can We Learn From Internal Observers?

      • Dieter Gernert
      Pages 121-133

    8. The Image and the Picture of Ecology

      • Christian Thomas
      Pages 135-149

  4. The Perspective of Theoretical Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Endophysics — Descartes Taken Seriously

      • Otto E. Rössler
      Pages 153-161

    3. Endo- and Exo-Theories of Matter

      • Hans Primas
      Pages 163-193

    4. Temporal Bell Inequalities: A Journey to the Limits of “Consistent Histories”

      • Günter Mahler
      Pages 195-205

    5. Entropy and Evolution

      • Jörg D. Becker
      Pages 207-217

    6. General Remarks on Complexity

      • Jürgen Kurths, Annette Witt, Harald Atmanspacher, Fred Feudel, Herbert Scheingraber, Renate Wackerbauer
      Pages 219-234

    7. Observing Complexity and the Complexity of Observation

      • James P. Crutchfield
      Pages 235-272

    8. Extrinsic-Intrinsic Concept and Complementarity

      • Karl Svozil
      Pages 273-288

  5. The Perspective of Cognitive Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. The Now — A Hidden Window to Dynamics

      • Eva Ruhnau
      Pages 291-308
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In our daily lives we conceive of our surroundings as an objectively given reality. The world is perceived through our senses, and ~hese provide us, so we believe, with a faithful image of the world. But occ~ipnally we are forced to realize that our senses deceive us, e. g. , by illusions. For a while it was believed that the sensation of color is directly r~lated to the frequency of light waves, until E. Land (the inventor of the polaroid camera) showed in detailed experiments that our perception of, say, a colored spot depends on the colors of its surrounding. On the other hand, we may experience hallucinations or dreams as real. Quite evidently, the relationship between the "world" and our "brain" is intricate. Another strange problem is the way in which we perceive time or the "Now". Psychophysical experiments tell us that the psychological "Now" is an extended period of time in the sense of physics. The situation was made still more puzzling when, in the nineteen-twenties, Heisenberg and others realized that, by observing processes in the microscopic world of electrons and other elementary particles, we strongly interfere with that world. The outcome of experiments - at least in general - can only be predicted statistically. What is the nature ofthis strange relationship between "object" and "observer"? This is another crucial problem of the inside-outside or endo-exo dichotomy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    Harald Atmanspacher

  • Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Gerhard J. Dalenoort

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