Beyond Bohm 2024 – Part 2

The Beyond Bohm series is oriented toward sharing unique and unusual perspectives that complement and amplify the work of David Bohm.

Part 2

After an introduction to Bohm’s physics, we will explore the relations between Russellian monism, William James’s radical empiricism and Bohm’s implicate order; some traditional and recent (e.g., Johanna Seibt’s) work on process philosophy and how it connects with Bohm’s ideas; the idea of quantum properties of matter as potentialities in Bohm’s early thought; the influence of Hegel on Bohm’s ideas about fragmentation and wholeness; and whether Bohm’s notion of active information is a candidate for a unifying notion of information.

Program of Event

Sunday August 4
Introduction to Bohm’s Physics
Jonathan Allday

Sunday August 11
The Relations Between Russellian Monism, James’s Radical Empiricism and Bohm’s Implicate Order
William Seager

Saturday August 17
A Comparative Overview of Process Metaphysics and Substance Metaphysics & Indeterminate Concrete Individuals in Johanna Seibt’s General Process Theory
Samuli Isotalo and Thelma Nylund, with comments by Paavo Pylkkänen

Sunday August 18
Quantum Properties of Matter as Potentialities in Bohm’s 1951 Book Quantum Theory
Paavo Pylkkänen

Saturday August 24
Fragmentation and Wholeness: Bohm and G.W.F. Hegel
Boris Koznjak

Sunday August 25 
Is There a Unifying Notion of Information?  
Jens Allwood, with comments by Michael Richter and Paavo Pylkkänen