Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-178) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: a meaningful scientific worldview for our time -- The foundations of an integral theory of everything : How information connects everything to everything else -- The challenge of an integral theory of everything -- Approaches to a genuine TOE -- On puzzles and fables : drivers of the next paradigm shift in science -- A concise catalog of the puzzles of coherence -- The puzzles of coherence in quantum physics -- The puzzles of coherence in cosmology -- The puzzles of coherence in biology -- The puzzles of coherence in consciousness -- The crucial science fable--in-formation in nature -- The quantum vacuum--or plenum -- "In-formation" in the quantum vacuum -- The parable of the sea -- Enter the akashic field -- The in-formed universe : Perennial questions and fresh answers from the integral theory of everything -- The origins and destiny of life and the universe -- Where everything came from--and where it is going -- Origins and evolution of our universe -- Life on earth and in the universe -- The future of life in the cosmos -- Glimpses of ultimate reality -- Consciousness--human and cosmic -- The roots of consciousness -- Evolutionary panpsychism -- The wider in-formation of consciousness -- The next evolution of human consciousness -- Cosmic consciousness -- The farthermost reaches of consciousness -- The poetry of akashic vision -- The phenomenon of coherence : a deeper look at the scientific evidence -- Over four decades in quest of an integral theory of everything : an autobiographical retrospective.
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