I’m now seeing Britney Spears in front of a chalk board of equations. An audience of enthusiastic wizened professors thumping the benches. — apokrisis
This is not talking about Symmetry in the traditional mirror-image sense. — Gnomon
It is against to the thesis that matter is a passive receptacle for external and transcendent forms (first cause), while symmetry breaks give matter (to which they are immanent) the ability to generate forms without external intervention. — JuanZu
This is related to this:
differentiation emerge from a state of uniformity — JuanZu
I'm not a physicist, so this stuff is over my head. I had to Google "symmetry breaking"*1 to see if it can happen spontaneously without any causal inputs.It is against to the thesis that matter is a passive receptacle for external and transcendent forms (first cause), while symmetry breaks give matter (to which they are immanent) the ability to generate forms without external intervention. — JuanZu
in the absence of an asymmetric cause, the initial symmetry is preserved. In other words, a breaking of the initial symmetry cannot happen without a reason, or an asymmetry cannot originate spontaneously. — Gnomon
Again, I apologize for butting-in to your scholarly dialog with . The terminology alone is baffling to a late-blooming amateur philosopher with no formal training. But sometimes when I Google some esoteric language, I may actually learn something useful & meaningful. For example, "the dichotomising action of apokrisis" meant nothing to me, until Google revealed some associated concepts that I was already familiar with.So in this thread, I have argued for the immanent and hylomorphic view of causality. . . . .
Our current universe is in its very complex – and yet also very simple – state. This seems an odd thing to say, but that itself stresses we are dealing with a logic of dichotomies. Things start to happen when two complementary things are happening at once. This is the thought that breaks the logjam of metaphysics. And has done so ever since Anaximander figured out the logic of the Apeiron split by the dichotomising action of apokrisis. — apokrisis
For example, "the dichotomising action of apokrisis" meant nothing to me, until Google revealed some associated concepts that I was already familiar with. — Gnomon
Anaximander used the term apokrisis (separation off) to explain how the world and its components emerged from the apeiron—the boundless, indefinite, and eternal origin of all things. In his cosmology, this process involved the separation of opposites, such as hot and cold or wet and dry, from the undifferentiated primordial substance.
The process of apokrisis
A contrast to Thales: Anaximander's teacher, Thales, had proposed that water was the fundamental principle (archē) of all things. Anaximander disagreed, arguing that if any one of the specific elements (like water) were infinite and dominant, it would have destroyed the others long ago due to their opposing qualities.
The function of the apeiron: To resolve this issue, Anaximander proposed the apeiron as a neutral, limitless, and inexhaustible source. The apeiron is not itself any of the known elements and is therefore capable of giving rise to all of them through an eternal motion without being depleted or overpowered.
Cosmic differentiation: The apokrisis, or "separating off," is the key mechanism by which the universe comes into being. Anaximander held that an eternal, probably rotary, motion in the apeiron caused the pairs of opposites to separate from one another.
Formation of the cosmos: This separation led to the formation of the world. For instance, the hot and the cold separated, with a sphere of fire forming around the cold, moist earth and mist. This ball of fire later burst apart to form the heavenly bodies. This dynamic interplay of opposites is regulated by a sense of cosmic justice, with each opposite "paying penalty and retribution to one another for their injustice," according to the "disposition of time"
Also only 3D has a doubling-halving story built into it in the fashion which gives gravity and force their inverse square law — apokrisis
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