Abstract
Astronomy has played a key role in the development of science and in humanity’s view of the universe and our place in it. The view of the cosmos has always held a special place in the minds and hearts of cultures throughout the history of the world. In some sense, looking at the night sky reminds us of the depths of our own existence. It is not surprising then that as we attempt to search for the holy grail of science, the unification of diverse fields, that astronomy would find itself central. The universal diagrams provide glimpses of such unification and astronomical objects play a very important role. However, the future science of wholeness will need to go much further than any physical theory has gone so far and provide bold steps to unify everything in the human experience. We are referring to an approach that starts from a set of foundational principles that are universally applicable and can form the very roots of the science of wholeness. The first such steps are outlined in the present paper.
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I am indebted to my friend and colleague Mihai Drãgãnescu for developing and working with me on many of the ideas here. Mihai unfortunately passed away this year. He is being missed.
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Kafatos, M. (2011). The Science Of Wholeness. In: Tymieniecka, AT., Grandpierre, A. (eds) Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment. Analecta Husserliana, vol 107. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9748-4_6
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