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6.2 A Comparison between Physics, Biology, and Philosophy

In recent centuries, natural sciences (including physics and biology)

have tended to be treated independent of philosophy. Consequently,

there is an almost complete separation between natural sciences and

philosophy in contemporary university curricula. But I believe that such

a separation between natural sciences and philosophy is highly artificial

and most likely has resulted from over-specialization in natural sci-

ences. Just as there is now a movement toward integrating biological

sciences with physics and chemistry, so I believe that the time will

come when natural sciences and philosophy will inevitably be inte-

grated within a common theoretical framework. Complementarism that

has originated in biology may be an example of such an interdiscipli-

nary theory [24, 556].

Many philosophers believe in the dichotomy of the human being

into mind and body. The complementarism [24] which is rooted in the

information–energy complementarity principle inspired by molecular

biology [7, 25, 279, 556] suggests that there is a third entity, X, for

which mind and body are the complementary aspects, just as waves and

particles are the complementary aspects of light. I identified X with

spirituality in [24], and the French philosopher, Maurice Merleau-

Ponty (1908–1961), although not having explicitly advocate the notion

of complementarity between Mind and Body, supported a triadic phi-

losophy wherein the third entity is referred to as Flesh [249]. According

to D. S. E. Ji [280 see; Appendix I], the complementarism of S. Ji [24]

and the Flesh ontology of Merleau-Ponty [249] are complementary to

each other.

Figure 6.1 The principle of complementarity in physics, biology, and philosophy. X is

identified with Spirituality in complementarism [24] and with Flesh in Merleau-Ponty’s

philosophy [249].

Light

Particle Wave|

Physics

Gnergy

Energy Information

Biology

X

Body Mind

Philosophy

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