Teilhard's Two Energies

Abstract. Resolution of the entropy-evolution problem was a significant issue for Pierre Teilhard de Chardin throughout his scientific career. Although never truly satisfied with his solution, he proposed that all energy must be psychic and contain two components. Tangential energy is related to phy...

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Published in:Zygon
Authors: Morowitz, Harold J. (Author) ; Schmitz-Moormann, Nicole (Author) ; Salmon, James 1925- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2005
In: Zygon
Year: 2005, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 721-732
Further subjects:B hyperphysics
B radial
B complexification and centrogenesis
B free energy
B entropy and negentropy
B and psychic energies
B tangential
B Information
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Summary:Abstract. Resolution of the entropy-evolution problem was a significant issue for Pierre Teilhard de Chardin throughout his scientific career. Although never truly satisfied with his solution, he proposed that all energy must be psychic and contain two components. Tangential energy is related to physical energy. Radial energy in some way accounts for increasing complexity and consciousness in evolution. Analysis of developments in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory show that Gibbs free energy contains both calorimetric and noetic components, thus validating Teilhard's intuition.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00698.x