Implicate and explicate order: Difference between revisions

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In another analogy, Bohm asks us to consider a pattern produced by making small cuts in a folded piece of paper and then, literally, unfolding it. Widely separated elements of the pattern are, in actuality, produced by the same original cut in the folded piece of paper. Here the cuts in the folded paper represent the Implicate Order and the unfolded pattern represents the Explicate Order.

Many, along with Bohm himself, have seen strong connections between his ideas and ideas from the East. Some proponents of [[alternativenew religionage| alternative religions]] (such as [[shamanism]]) claim a connection with their belief systems as well.

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