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| :“The term is more general in its meaning than ], and includes other kinds of organizing fields in addition to those of morphogenesis; the organizing fields of animal and human behaviour, of social and cultural systems, and of mental activity can all be regarded as morphic fields which contatin an inherent memory.” - ], ''The Presence of the Past'' (Chapter 6, page 112) | :“The term is more general in its meaning than ], and includes other kinds of organizing fields in addition to those of morphogenesis; the organizing fields of animal and human behaviour, of social and cultural systems, and of mental activity can all be regarded as morphic fields which contatin an inherent memory.” - ], ''The Presence of the Past'' (Chapter 6, page 112) | ||
| According to this concept, the morphic field underlies the formation and behavior of ] and ], and can be set up by the repetition of similar acts and/or thoughts. The form itself supposedly ''tunes into'' |
According to this concept, the morphic field underlies the formation and behavior of ] and ], and can be set up by the repetition of similar acts and/or thoughts. The form itself supposedly ''tunes into'' a morphic field associated with the group of similar forms that it belongs to, ''storing'' and ''reading'' the related information through ''morphic resonance''. | ||
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A morphic field (a term introduced by Rupert Sheldrake, the major proponent of this concept, through his Hypothesis of Formative Causation) is described as consisting of patterns that govern the development of forms, structures and arrangements. The theory of morphic fields is not accepted by mainstream science.
In a manner similar to Platonic idealism, morphic fields are defined as the universal database for both organic (living) and abstract (mental) forms, while morphogenetic fields (term that was already in use in environmental biology from 1920's after unrelated research of three biologists - Hans Spemann, Alexander Gurwitsch and Paul Weiss) Sheldrake defined as the subset that deals only with living things.
- “The term is more general in its meaning than morphogenetic fields, and includes other kinds of organizing fields in addition to those of morphogenesis; the organizing fields of animal and human behaviour, of social and cultural systems, and of mental activity can all be regarded as morphic fields which contatin an inherent memory.” - Sheldrake, The Presence of the Past (Chapter 6, page 112)
According to this concept, the morphic field underlies the formation and behavior of holons and morphic units, and can be set up by the repetition of similar acts and/or thoughts. The form itself supposedly tunes into a morphic field associated with the group of similar forms that it belongs to, storing and reading the related information through morphic resonance.
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