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complementarity concept [44] in such a way that it could be applied to fields

beyond physics, including biology, psychology, brain physiology, philoso­

phy, and religion [24, 50]. In 1958, Bohr defined the concept of complement-

arity and the related concept of supplementarity as discussed in Section 2.4,

and both of these concepts are thought to play fundamental roles in the

theory of life developed in this book (see Section 10.18.1 and Appendix II).

Recently, a similar attempt was made by Atmanspacher who generalized the

algebraic quantum theory in the form of what is known as the “weak quan­

tum theory” (WQT) [51]. The logic behind WQT is expressed in a mathe­

matical language (i.e., using primarily symbolic signs), whereas the logic of

complementarism has been expressed in terms of multimodal or heteroge­

neous reasoning [52] utilizing not only the written language (symbolic

signs), but also diagrams and tables (iconic signs) (see Section 6.6).

The complementarian logic has the following structure:

(1) Exclusivity: A and B are mutually exclusive in the sense that A and B

cannot be measured/observed/thought about simultaneously within a

given context. Light can exhibit wave or particle properties depending

on the measuring instruments selected, but no one has yet been able

to measure these properties simultaneously under a given measuring

environment (to the best of my knowledge). It should be pointed out

that in the de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics,

wave and particle are not mutually exclusive but different aspects of

the same entity [541]. The wave and particle properties are related by

the de Broglie equation, l = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant and

l is the wavelength associated with a particle of mass m moving with

a velocity v. Similarly, the Yin and the Yang are irreconcilably oppo­

site in the Visible World but are thought to merge into one in the Tao

in the Invisible World (see [24, Figure 1]).

(2) Essentiality: A and B are both essential for completely describing/

understanding a third term C. (Light cannot be described completely

in terms of either particle or wave properties alone but both these prop­

erties are essential to our understanding of the nature of light, or of any

other “quantum objects” often called “quons” [53] or wavicles.)

(3) Transcendentality: C transcends the level of description where A and

B have meanings and serve as the source of, or as the ground for, the

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