Interconnected Universe: Conceptual Foundations of Transdisciplinary Unified Theory Book

	Foreword
	Preface
1	A Transdisciplinary Framework for Evolution	3
	Space and time connections in nature	5
	Interconnections in evolution	5
	The relevance of fields	9
	Temporal field connections	11
	The evolutionary functions of a holographic field	14
	The fifth field	15
	Physical roots of the fifth field	16
2	Basic Concepts of Quantum/Vacuum Interaction (QVI)	25
	The vacuum postulates	27
	Quanta as solitons	28
	Secondary waves in the vacuum	30
	The interaction postulates	33
	Vacuum-quantum interaction	33
	Micro- and macro-scale applications	34
	Related hypotheses	37
	Bohm's implicate order	38
	Stapp's Heisenberg quantum universe	39
	Sheldrake's formative causation	42
	Summary	44
3	QVI in Microphysics and Cosmology	49
	Interaction effects in microphysics	50
	The quantum-interpretation decision-tree	51
	An interpretation of quantum nonlocality and coherence	53
	Interaction effects in cosmology	60
	The problem of the constants	60
	Non-Big-Bang cosmologies	63
	The multicyclic QVI scenario	66
4	QVI in Biology	73
	Problems of the synthetic theory	74
	Interaction effects on the organism	79
	The in-formation of the organism	79
5	QVI in the Cognitive Sciences	87
	The interactive varieties of human experience	88
	ESP	88
	Anomalous recall	93
	The interpretation of interative experience	95
	Near-death and past-life experiences revisited	97
	A fresh look at ESP	103
	(i) QVI Dynamics in the Brain	113
	(ii) Philosophical Perspectives of QVI Cosmology	119
	(iii) New Concepts of Space and Time	125
	(iv) Creativity, Archetypes, and the Collective Unconscious	129
	(v) Problems and Prospects of Transdisciplinary Unified Theory	137
	Afterword	143
	Bibliography	147
	Index of Names	157
	Index of Subjects	161