Analogies Implicate and explicate order

1 analogies

1.1 ink droplet analogy
1.2 holograms , implicate order
1.3 implicate order in art

analogies
ink droplet analogy

bohm used term unfoldment characterise processes in explicate order becomes relevant (or relevated ). bohm likens unfoldment decoding of television signal produce sensible image on screen. signal, screen, , television electronics in analogy represent implicate order while image produced represents explicate order. uses example in ink droplet can introduced highly viscous substance (such glycerine), , substance rotated such there negligible diffusion of substance. in example, droplet becomes thread which, in turn, becomes invisible. however, rotating substance in reverse direction, droplet can reform. when invisible, according bohm, order of ink droplet pattern can said implicate within substance.

in analogy, bohm asks consider pattern produced making small cuts in folded piece of paper , then, literally, unfolding it. separated elements of pattern are, in actuality, produced same original cut in folded piece of paper. here cuts in folded paper represent implicate order , unfolded pattern represents explicate order.

holograms , implicate order


in holographic reconstruction, each region of photographic plate contains whole image

bohm employed hologram means of characterising implicate order, noting each region of photographic plate in hologram observable contains within whole three-dimensional image, can viewed range of perspectives. is, each region contains whole , undivided image. in bohm’s words:

there germ of new notion of order here. order not understood solely in terms of regular arrangement of objects (e.g., in rows) or regular arrangement of events (e.g. in series). rather, total order contained, in implicit sense, in each region of space , time. now, word implicit based on verb implicate . means fold inward ... may led explore notion in sense each region contains total structure enfolded within .

bohm noted although hologram conveys undivided wholeness, nevertheless static.

in view of order, laws represent invariant relationships between explicate entities , structures, , bohm maintained in physics, explicate order reveals within well-constructed experimental contexts as, example, in sensibly observable results of instruments. respect implicate order, however, bohm asked consider possibility instead physical law should refer order of undivided wholeness of content of description similar indicated hologram rather order of analysis of such content separate parts ... .

implicate order in art

in work science, order, , creativity (bohm , peat, 1987), examples of implicate orders in science laid out, implicate orders relate painting, poetry, , music.

bohm , peat emphasize role of orders of varying complexity, influence perception of work of art whole. note implicate orders accessible human experience. refer instance earlier notes reverberate when listening music, or various resonances of words , images perceived when reading or hearing poetry.

christopher alexander discussed work in person bohm, , pointed out connections among work , bohm s notion of implicate order in nature of order.

bohm features fictional character in novel wave british author lochlan bloom. novel includes multiple narratives , explores many of concepts of bohm’s work on implicate , explicate orders.