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=== The implicate order as an algebra ===

Bohm, his co-workercolleague [[Basil Hiley]], and other physicists of [[Birkbeck College]] worked toward a model of quantum physics in which the implicate order is represented in the form of an appropriate [[algebra]] or other [[Pregeometry (physics)|pregeometry]]. They considered [[spacetime]] itself as part of an explicate order that is connected to an implicate order that they called ''pre-space.'' The [[spacetime manifold]] and the properties of [[Principle of locality|locality]] and [[Nonlocal Aharonov–Bohm effect|nonlocality]] all arise from an order in such pre-space. A. M. Frescura and Hiley suggested that an implicate order could be carried by an algebra, with the explicate order being contained in the various [[Algebra representation|representations]] of this algebra.<ref>F. A. M. Frescura, B. J. Hiley: [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/tpru/BasilHiley/P12FrescandHiley3.pdf Algebras, quantum theory and pre-space], pp.&nbsp;3–4 (published in Revista Brasileira de Fisica, Volume Especial, Julho 1984, Os 70 anos de Mario Schonberg, pp. 49–86)</ref><ref>See also: [[Basil Hiley#Implicate orders, pre-space and algebraic structures|Work by Bohm and Hiley on implicate orders, pre-space and algebraic structures]]</ref>

In analogy to [[Alfred North Whitehead]]'s notion of "actual occasion,"<ref>A. N. Whitehead, ''Process and Reality'', Corrected Edition, ed. D. Griffin and D. Sherburne (New York: Macmillan, 1978), pp. 18 ff.</ref> Bohm considered the notion of ''moment'' – a moment being a not entirely localizable event, with events being allowed to overlap&nbsp;<ref>David Bohm: ''Time, the implicate order, and pre-space,'' In: David R. Griffin: ''Physics and the Ultimate Significance of Time'', State University of New York Press, 1986, {{ISBN|0-88706-113-3}}, pp.&nbsp;177–208, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hXWKzPFgv_wC&pg=PA183 p. 183]</ref> and being connected in an overall implicate order:<ref>David Bohm: ''Time, the implicate order, and pre-space'', In: David R. Griffin: ''Physics and the Ultimate Significance of Time'', State University of New York Press, 1986, {{ISBN|0-88706-113-3}}, pp.&nbsp;177–208, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hXWKzPFgv_wC&pg=PA189 p. 189]</ref>

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[[Christopher Alexander]] discussed his work in person with Bohm, and pointed out connections among his work and Bohm's notion of an implicate order in ''[[The Nature of Order]]''.<ref>Christopher Alexander: ''[[The Nature of Order]], Book 4 – The Luminous Ground: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe'', Center for Environmental Structure, {{ISBN|978-0-9726529-4-0}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6CIHB3_1tLMC&pg=PA336 Footnotes 19 and 20 on p. 336], cited on [https://books.google.com/books?id=6CIHB3_1tLMC&pg=PA323 p. 323]</ref>

Bohm features as a fictional character in the novel ''The Wave'' by British author [[Lochlan Bloom]]. The novel includes multiple narratives and explores many of the concepts of Bohm's work on implicate and explicate orders.<ref name="Shortlist">{{Citation|url= http://www.theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-story-interview-lochlan-bloom/|title=The Short Story Interview: Lochlan Bloom|date=12 September 2016 }}</ref>

== Challenges to some generally prevailing views ==

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010303172350/http://www.fdavidpeat.com/interviews/bohm.htm Interview with David Bohm] &ndash; An interview with Bohm concerning this particular subject matter conducted by [[F. David Peat]].

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041207182354/http://www.soultravel.nu/2004/040907-swedenborg/index.shtml Excerpt from ''The Holographic Universe''] &ndash; Parallels some of the experiences of 18th century Swedish mystic, [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], with [[David Bohm]]'s ideas.

*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110812064507/http://tkpi.org/tags/implicate-order Thought Knowledge Perception Institute Implicate Order Page]}}

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