Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2017, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (3): 232-238.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.03.003

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Order Concept of Bohm and Its Philosophical Significance

CHEN Xiang-qun   

  1. (School of Humanities, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China)
  • Received:2016-09-19 Revised:2016-09-19 Online:2017-05-25 Published:2017-05-19
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Abstract: Order has been considered the most philosophical concept in Bohm's thoughts. Bohm believed that the general meaning of order is “similarity in difference and difference in similarity”, which is a summary and conclusion of the development law of physics history. Furthermore, based on the research of quantum mechanics, Bohm put forward the orders that hold the most quantal meaning, including implicate order, explicate order and generative order, and analyzed them from the perspectives of wholeness, universality and creativity in detail. An analysis of Bohm's order concept not only is of positive philosophical significance to help us understand the relationship between consciousness and matter, universe and time-space, science and society and so on, but also is inclined to surpass the contemporary and modern philosophy characterized by mechanical theory, reduction theory and subject-object dualism. Thus, Bohm's order concept has the spirit of post-modern philosophy, and deserves in deep study and exploration.

Key words: David J. Bohm, order, implicate order, explicate order, consciousness, universe

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