''Wholeness and the Implicate Order'' is a book by theoretical physicist David Bohm. It was originally published in 1980 by

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, Great Britain. The book is considered a basic reference for Bohm's concepts of undivided wholeness and of implicate and explicate orders, as well as of Bohm's rheomode - an experimental language based on verbs. The book is cited, for example, by philosopher Steven M. Rosen in his book ''The Self-evolving Cosmos'', by mathematician and theologian

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in his book ''David Bohm's World'',Kevin J. Sharpe: ''David Bohm's World: New Physics and New Religion'', Bucknell University Press, 1993, by theologian Joseph P. Farrell in ''Babylon's Banksters'', and by theologian John C. Polkinghorne in his book ''One World''.

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# Fragmentation and wholeness # The rheomode – an experiment with language and thought # Reality and knowledge considered as process #

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# Quantum theory as an indication of a new order in physics, Part A: The development of new orders as shown through the history of physics # Quantum theory as an indication of a new order in physics, Part B: Implicate and explicate order in physical law # The enfolding-unfolding universe and

consciousness Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence. However, the lack of definitions has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debates by philosophers, theologians, linguisticians, and scien ...

References

* David Bohm: ''Wholeness and the Implicate Order'', 1980, Routledge, (Master e-book ISBN, reprint 2005)

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