Intersubjectivity and the Implicate Order
Author
Jensen, Sebastian Bergmann Tillner
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-05-30
Pages
65
Abstract
This thesis explores how intersubjectivity can be understood through physicist David Bohm’s idea of the implicate order. Intersubjectivity concerns how people share experiences and meanings. Here, the notion of “intersubjective fields” is replaced by the implicate order, because it conveys an undivided wholeness. The implicate order is described as a multidimensional, deeper reality in which everything that was, is, and will be is enfolded; matter, the so-called explicate order, and consciousness are projected from it. If all observable phenomena are projections of the implicate order, then non-locality and non-causality become central terms for psychological models grounded in a metaphysical ontological framework. The human being is viewed as a “sub-totality,” meaning part of the undivided whole. This challenges the assumption that subjective experience is confined to the body. Experience unfolds through the implicate order, so subjective experience is not fixed within a single individual and is fundamentally intersubjective. Existential phenomenology, especially via Ernesto Spinelli, is used as a bridge between physics and psychology. On this basis, three levels of existence are developed: implicate order, worlding, and worldview. The explicate order is replaced with “worldview” to explain human meaning-making at a structural level in relation to embodied existential insecurities. “Worlding” refers to the pre-reflective unfolding of the implicate order into lived experience, which cannot be fully captured in language, because any description will inevitably objectify worlding at the level of worldview. The thesis is situated within cultural psychology through Branco and Valsiner’s dynamic semiotic field theory, emphasizing intersubjectivity and critiquing the model’s limited social dimensions. Dialogue is highlighted in its original sense, “through meaning,” to show how worlding unfolds through the implicate order. The thesis illustrates the structures of worlding and worldview and their dialogue, and understands the sublime as a mediator in transformative changes of worldview. It calls for seeing theories as deeply contextualized worldviews and for recognizing the creative process in psychological research and therapy.
Specialet undersøger, hvordan intersubjektivitet kan forstås gennem fysikeren David Bohms idé om implicate order. Intersubjektivitet handler om, hvordan mennesker deler erfaringer og betydninger. Her erstattes begrebet om "intersubjektive felter" med implicate order, fordi denne idé rummer en udelelig helhed. Implicate order beskrives som en multidimensionel, dybere virkelighed af udelelig helhed, hvor alt, hvad der var, er og bliver, er indfoldet; stof, den såkaldte explicate order og bevidsthed projiceres herfra. Hvis alle observerbare fænomener er projektioner af implicate order, bliver ikke-lokalitet og ikke-kausalitet centrale begreber i psykologiske modeller på et metafysisk-ontologisk grundlag. Mennesket betragtes som en "del-helhed", dvs. en del af den udelelige helhed. Det udfordrer antagelsen om, at subjektiv erfaring er afgrænset af kroppen. Erfaring udfolder sig gennem implicate order, og er derfor ikke bundet til en enkelt person, men i sin grund antaget intersubjektiv. Eksistentiel fænomenologi, særligt via Ernesto Spinelli, bruges som bro mellem fysik og psykologi. På den baggrund udvikles tre eksistensniveauer: implicate order, worlding og verdenssyn. Her erstattes explicate order med "verdenssyn" for at forstå menneskers meningsskabelse på et strukturelt plan i relation til kropsligt forankrede eksistentielle usikkerheder. "Worlding" betegner den før-refleksive udfoldelse af implicate order i den levede erfaring, som ikke kan forklares fuldt ud i sprog, da en sådan beskrivelse uundgåeligt vil gøre worlding til et objekt på verdenssyn-niveauet. Arbejdet placerer sig i kulturpsykologi gennem Branco & Valsiners dynamiske semiotiske felteori, med vægt på intersubjektivitet og en kritik af modellens mangelfulde sociale dimensioner. Dialog forstås i sin oprindelige betydning "gennem mening" og fremhæver, hvordan worlding udfolder sig gennem implicate order. Specialet visualiserer strukturerne i worlding og verdenssyn og deres indbyrdes dialog, og det sublime forstås som en mediator i verdenssynets transformative processer. Det opfordrer til at se teorier som dybt kontekstafhængige verdenssyn og til at anerkende den kreative proces i både psykologisk forskning og terapi.
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