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A definition of the Bubbleverse is given and explained in detail, by contrasting it to a commonverse. Problems with introducing the concept of the Bubbleverse are discussed. Advantages of ‘thinking the Bubbleverse’ over the theoretical tenets of scientific Commonverse are presented. The argument is made that for scientific concepts to become possible, the innate ideas supplied by our Bubbleverse such as qualia, laws of logic, numbers, basic geometrical shapes and others are a necessary precondition. It is on the basis of the intuitive ideas supplied by the subconscious part of the Bubbleverse that the fundamental concepts of sciences, such as physical space, time and causality, rest. It is shown that thinking the Bubbleverse helps us to expose psychological roots of scientific theories and suggests a solution for the dispute between religion and science. The relationships between the intuitive ideas of the Bubbleverse and the concepts of scientific Commonverse are discussed.
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The idea that a quantum object, such as a photon or an electrone, cannot be defined as a particle or a wave before it is observed by a person.
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Subbotsky, E. (2020). What and Why of the Bubbleverse. In: The Bubble Universe: Psychological Perspectives on Reality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49008-9_2
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