Many Faces of Synchronicity

Synchronicity is a concept that C.G. Jung proposed together with Wolfgang Pauli to cover various kinds of correlations between mental states of individuals and states in their physical environment. A defining feature of such correlations is that they are substantiated by the meaning that individuals who experience them attribute to them, not by causal interactions. I will discuss how the origin of synchronistic experiences can be conceived, and how they can (respectively cannot) be empirically studied. Eventually it turns out that meaning is not just a subjective valuation of synchronicities but rather takes on a vital role for the very fabric of reality as a whole.