Diaphysics

by Troy Earl Camplin

Overview

Diaphysics sets forth a theory that there are physical laws running through the different levels of reality, and which cause new levels of complexity to emerge. These laws are present in atoms, molecules, cells, and brains. They created the universe as we know it: a world that is self-organizing, paradoxical, evolving, emerging, and beautiful. Diaphysics begins with the simplest form of knowledge—mathematics—and ends with speculation on where emergence is taking us or, perhaps, has already taken us. Interdisciplinary in scope, topics as diverse as physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, culture, philosophy, as well as the arts and literature, are shown to have a deep universality in their expression of diaphysical laws.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761846482
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/16/2009
Pages:	142
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Troy Camplin, earned a Ph.D. in the Humanities from University of Texas at Dallas, a M.A. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a B.A. in recombinant gene technology from Western Kentucky University. He lives in Richardson, Texas.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Math and Epistemology
Chapter 3 Metaphysics
Chapter 4 Physis
Chapter 5 On Health and the Holy
Chapter 6 Paradox
Chapter 7 On the Creation of Complexity in the Universe
Chapter 8 A Fractal Model for Emergence in the Universe to the Metahuman
Chapter 9 Bibliography
Chapter 10 Index
Chapter 11 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Camplin's bold and provocative reinterpretations of science are based on sound and clear understanding of cutting-edge research. A great scourge of the conventional wisdom, he is also a thinker with a remarkably hopeful and positive vision of the world. He is always exciting to read, because he enters into a dialog both with the world and with the reader.

Frederick Turner

Diaphysics is a stimulating book. Even if one does not agree with all the author's views, he/she must acknowledge that there are not many books as synthesizing as this.

Hervé Barreau

Diaphysics is an insightful synthesis by an original thinker. Creative and provocative, it affords an integrated perspective on the nature of matter, man, and mind.

Lou Marinoff

Diaphysics is a stimulating book. Even if one does not agree with all the author's views, he/she must acknowledge that there are not many books as synthesizing as this.

Hervé Barreau