The Proportion of Philosophy and the Critique of Philosophy: Modern Technology and Marxist Philosophy

Author: Wu Kun
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: From the perspective of dissipative structure theory, "the evolution process of a non-equilibrium system can be depicted using the bifurcation theory in mathematics. If a non-equilibrium system passes through bifurcation points A and B to reach C, then the interpretation of state C must necessarily involve an understanding of states A and B. In this way, we introduce the factor of history into physics and chemistry." ⑦ Here, "the history of evolution is 'remembered' and preserved." In these "memories" and "preservations," "there is both the inheritance of the properties of the older generation and the emergence and selection of new functions." ③ In such a bifurcation evolution, "time is no longer a simple motion parameter but a measure of internal evolution in the non-equilibrium world." Mr. Niu Longfei pointed out in his book "Human Evolutionary Biology": "There exists a universal reversible 'isomorphism transformation' between time and space. For example: the nodes of bamboo branches, the rings of trees, the layers of strata; the recording and reading of speech, the notation and performance of music, the recording and reproduction of sound, the storage and execution of computer programs. The self-replication of genetic gene DNA is precisely the 'program' of the time-durational nature of life's development being transformed into the 'template' of spatial geometric topology after 'isomorphism transformation,' resulting in a 'copy.'" When a seedling grows, one can say that it translates a slow time rhythm into a spatial rhythm. In a general sense, evolution is achieved through the interaction of things, and the process of interaction is simultaneously the process of information assimilation and dissimilation between things. In this universal process of information assimilation and dissimilation, things undergoing evolution are inevitably universal information-bodyized. The universal information-bodyized nature of things determines that their specific structures "imprints" must necessarily condense multiple relationships of information about their own evolutionary history. In this way, the information of evolutionary time passing and the information of the original spatial structure state of things' evolution will be retained to varying degrees in the existing structure of evolving things in the form of some distortion, transformation, or partial dissipation. Thus, after the direct existence of historical things disappears, this direct existence can still continue to exist in the form of some indirect existence. This indirect existence of history is passed down through the carrier of direct existence constructed in subsequent evolutionary stages. In this way, the spatialization of time and the temporalization of space are both understandable and inevitable. Spacetime transformation condenses information. The "remnants" of the cosmic background radiation produced by the Big Bang roam in the current cosmic space, reporting information about the initial state of the universe's expansion and evolution to cosmologists. Meanwhile, the current spacetime motion of various celestial bodies moving away from us provides information about the time experienced by our inner universe since its self-expansion evolution and the possible scale and dimensions of the space it may possess; the current spacetime structure and elemental composition of the solar system directly condense the various temporal and spatial states of the sun's origin and evolution to the present; the current spatial state of the layered structure of the Earth's geology records, page by page, the history of the Earth's strata's temporal and spatial evolution, including not only the changes in the geospatial state but also the specific spatial state of environmental conditions corresponding to different geological eras and the organisms living in them; objects encode the timeline of their own production history through their motion state, appearance shape, and the real relationships between their internal structural methods and elemental composition (such as the isotope dating method for determining the age of objects based on this); every snowflake falling from the sky is specific and different, and this configuration of specific differences records in detail the historical information of all the varied weather conditions it experienced during its crystallization and descent in the high sky. Here, the snowflake holographically encodes its own history of production, movement, and change through its specific configuration; the spatial arrangement structure of biological genetic gene DNA encodes the entire history of evolutionary information of the biological lineage. This information is expressed in the process of individual development of organisms as prescribed by this DNA. This temporal and spatial state of history, displayed in a greatly compressed form in the current temporal and spatial state of individual development, constitutes the phenomenon of biological recapitulation, where the individual development process of organisms repeats its lineage evolutionary process. Mr. Zhang Yingqing's discovery of the biological holographic law, as well as the self-similar structures with regular infinite nesting revealed by modern chaos theory, may represent a holographic realm achieved by things in universal interaction, where time transforms into time, space transforms into space, and time transforms into space. In this holographic realm, the transformation of spacetime is all-encompassing, and the evolutionary information condensed by this transformation is also all-encompassing. The process of spacetime transformation condensing evolutionary information not only exists in tangible objects but also in intangible psychological structures, of course, such intangible psychological structures must still have tangible physiological structures as their carrier. The transformation of perceptual and cognitive information in general moments of awareness into stored information can be seen as the process of psychological structures in temporal flow condensing into spatially aggregated states. Conversely, the retrieval and recall of stored information can be seen as the process of psychological structures in spatially aggregated states transforming into psychological structures in temporal flow. Of course, this does not mean that psychological structures in temporal flow have no spatially aggregated significance, nor does it mean that psychological structures in spatially aggregated states have no temporal flow significance. The temporal and spatial significance of psychological structures cannot be separated. The two types of psychological structures we emphasize here are based on their primary modes of activity. The changes in human perception and thinking patterns can be seen as the transformation of one temporal and spatial state of psychological structures into another. In this transformation process, the old temporal and spatial state of psychological structures is retained in a transformative manner. In the construction of the new temporal and spatial state of psychological structures, the old psychological structures are indirectly included and condensed as evolutionary information into this newly constructed psychological structure. The unconscious state studied by psychoanalysts and the "Oedipus complex" are evidence that the old psychological structures still exist and play corresponding roles. Here, the role of this "Oedipus complex" is still a process of transformation from a potential spatially aggregated psychological structure to an manifested psychological structure in temporal flow. The condensation of evolutionary information in spacetime transformation is not only historical but also points to the future, thus the current spacetime structure of things itself determines the path of their future evolution. Of course, this future evolutionary path is not completely deterministic; it is a set of possibilities. The current spacetime state of cosmic evolution and the current spacetime state of general celestial body evolution are indeed transformed from the spacetime states of previous evolutionary stages. The historical traces condensed by this transformation process encode the information of the historical evolution of the universe and celestial bodies. However, this current spacetime state of the universe and celestial bodies simultaneously determines the basic path of their future evolution. For example, this universe will continue to expand and complete this expansion at some point, then transform into a contracting motion as a whole. The sun will continue to remain in its current main sequence stage for approximately 5×10? years, then expand into a red giant, at which point Mercury, Venus, and even Earth may be swallowed by this red giant. The structure of biological genetic gene DNA condenses the historical information of the evolutionary lineage of organisms on one hand, while on the other hand, it prescribes the future "program" of individual development of organisms with this historical information. The current spacetime structure of things is constructed in the process of evolutionary spacetime transformation. Due to this construction of spacetime transformation, the historical information of things will be condensed. This current structure also possesses some properties different from the spacetime structure it transforms from. On the evolutionary track, this current spacetime structure will inevitably become the starting point of subsequent evolutionary processes. From the perspective of this starting point, the newer spacetime structure formed from this starting point is a specific manifestation of the "order" prescribed by the starting point under specific environmental conditions. In this way, the current structure of things simultaneously possesses threefold existential value and meaning: first, it itself prescribes its own essence; second, it itself carries on its own history; third, it itself indicates its own future. In this way, things condense triple information about their own history, current state, and future through their own current existence. It can also be said that due to the "creation" of evolution, things are always holographic of their past, present, and future. Of course, we do not need to absolutize this holography, because what is holographic here is not the specific details of all processes, but only a generality of "programs" that have discarded trivial and specific details. Moreover, as the evolutionary process continues, these general "programs" may be continuously partially "dissipated," while new content "programs" may be continuously created. Here, the principle of non-complete determinism and the principle of "incomplete holism" are still applicable. This article was completed in November 1990.