RELATING THE PHYSICS AND RELIGION OF DAVID BOHM |
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| Authors: | Kevin J Sharpe |
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| Institution: | Dr. Kevin J. Sharpe is a faculty member of the Union Institute, Cincinnati. He is also Executive Officer of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science and Director of the International Division of Meyer, Stone, and Company. His address is 65 Hoit Road, Concord, New Hampshire 03301. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. David Bohm's thinking has become widely publicized since the 1982 performance of a form of the Einstein-Podolsky- Rosen (EPR) experiment. Bohm's holomovement theory, in particular, tries to explain the nonlocality that the experiment supports. Moreover, his theories are close to his metaphysical and religious thinking. Fritjof Capra's writings try something similar: supporting a theory (the bootstrap theory) because it is close to his religious beliefs. Both Bohm and Capra appear to use their religious ideas in their physics. Religion, their source for physical hypotheses, provides the motivation to develop and uphold them. |
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| Keywords: | David Bohm holomovement religion and science Fritjof Capra nonlocality physics |
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