Ralph Abraham: Fulbright Tour, India, 2005-2006

Lecture #11: Chaos and Consciousness

Indian Statistical Intitute (ISI)
North Kolkata, Friday Jan. 06, 2005
  • background
    • chaos = chaos theory
    • consc informed by tradition and personal
    • indiv vs cosmic consc
    • levels: greek -- plato and neoplatonic cosmographics,
      indian -- tatvas, kosas, chakras
    • vibrations: pythagoras, abhinavagupta, kepler's harmonice mundi
    • plan: show two models fr chaos th
  • interlevel resonance
    • vibrations and form, chaldi, jenny, the macroscope
    • macroscope as multilevel spanda model
    • chaotic resonance
    • toral logistic lattice experiment
  • interlevel semiotics
    • model for sheldrake (video)
    • space-time mnemonic iconography, walter freeman (engrams)

Revised January 30, 2006 by Ralph Abraham