INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF BIOPHYSICS
Conference
on Biophotons 1999
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FIELD CONCEPTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A HOLISTIC BIOPHYSICS
Marco Bischof
International Institute of Biophysics, D-41472 Neuss, Germany, and
Future Science Consulting, Gotlandstr.7, D-10439 Berlin, Germany, phone
+49-30-447 61 43, Fax +49-30-447 34 396,
e-mail: 100663.2675@compuserve.com
Due to recent advances in several disciplines, the basic features of
a holistic biophysics are now emerging. It is proposed that the postulates
for such a field must include that it will be based on the intrinsic holism
of quantum theory and the properties of macroscopic quantum effects, that
it must include the principles of non-locality, non-separability, and interconnectedness,
that it will be based on a field picture of reality and the organism, and
finally must include consciousness. The paper attempts to show why field
models are appropriate tools for the holistic modeling of the organism,
proposes a hierarchy of regulation systems based on fields, gives a review
of field models proposed in biology, biophysics, consciousness research
and social science, and discusses the possible role of fields in bridging
the mind-body gap. Finally, a discussion of the perspectives that may be
opened up for biophysics by some recently proposed extensions of electromagnetic
theory leads the author to suggest a role for the physical vacuum in the
organism.
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Institute of Biophysics 2001 E-mail: iib@lifescientists.de
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