In 2005,Richard Conn Henry from Johns Hopkins University published“The Mental Universe”in Nature,advancing the idealistic claim that the universe is fundamentally mental and conscious,and that matter has no objectiv...In 2005,Richard Conn Henry from Johns Hopkins University published“The Mental Universe”in Nature,advancing the idealistic claim that the universe is fundamentally mental and conscious,and that matter has no objective reality.Grounded in a one-sided interpretation of the observational effects in quantum mechanics,this view has sparked long-standing debates across physics,philosophy,neuroscience,and other disciplines.The Unified Complex System Theory(UCST),centered on an ether-mind dualistic ontology,differs from both traditional materialist monism and idealist monism,and offers a more comprehensive account of the mind-matter relationship.Using UCST as a theoretical framework,this paper systematically analyzes multiple fallacies in“The Mental Universe”concerning conceptual definition,logical deduction,and the demarcation of scientific boundaries.It comprehensively reviews both supportive and critical arguments in authoritative journals since 2005,and integrates evidence from interpretive disputes in quantum mechanics,empirical findings in neuroscience,epigenetic mechanisms,and parapsychological phenomena.The study demonstrates that:Quantum measurement essentially involves interactions between material systems,rather than consciousness determining existence;consciousness emerges from the interaction between mind and the physical body,and cannot exist independently of a material substrate;science applies only to the finite,observable world accessible to humans,and cannot pronounce absolute truths about the universe as a whole;monism is unsuitable as a reliable ontological foundation for science,and ether-mind dualistic ontology possesses greater logical completeness and explanatory power.展开更多
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文摘In 2005,Richard Conn Henry from Johns Hopkins University published“The Mental Universe”in Nature,advancing the idealistic claim that the universe is fundamentally mental and conscious,and that matter has no objective reality.Grounded in a one-sided interpretation of the observational effects in quantum mechanics,this view has sparked long-standing debates across physics,philosophy,neuroscience,and other disciplines.The Unified Complex System Theory(UCST),centered on an ether-mind dualistic ontology,differs from both traditional materialist monism and idealist monism,and offers a more comprehensive account of the mind-matter relationship.Using UCST as a theoretical framework,this paper systematically analyzes multiple fallacies in“The Mental Universe”concerning conceptual definition,logical deduction,and the demarcation of scientific boundaries.It comprehensively reviews both supportive and critical arguments in authoritative journals since 2005,and integrates evidence from interpretive disputes in quantum mechanics,empirical findings in neuroscience,epigenetic mechanisms,and parapsychological phenomena.The study demonstrates that:Quantum measurement essentially involves interactions between material systems,rather than consciousness determining existence;consciousness emerges from the interaction between mind and the physical body,and cannot exist independently of a material substrate;science applies only to the finite,observable world accessible to humans,and cannot pronounce absolute truths about the universe as a whole;monism is unsuitable as a reliable ontological foundation for science,and ether-mind dualistic ontology possesses greater logical completeness and explanatory power.
