Recursive Integration - The Convergence of Philosophy, Physics, and Psychology

Recursive Integration - The Convergence of Philosophy, Physics, and Psychology

From The One in the Many by Arshak Benlian

May 25, 2026 · 46 min · Season 5 · Episode 46

About this episode

The episode explores the integration of change through the lens of philosophy, physics, and psychology, highlighting the connections between various thinkers and concepts.

Order does not survive by staying still. It survives by integrating change, and that single idea quietly connects Aristotle’s metaphysics, Schrodinger’s thermodynamics of life, Penrose’s cosmology, and the way your mind holds together on a stressful Tuesday. We start with Aristotle’s four causes and why explanation collapses when we pretend efficient mechanisms are the whole story. Modern science delivers stunning prediction, but it often struggles to describe organization, purpose, and the ...

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Host: Arshak Benlian

Topics covered

  • philosophy
  • physics
  • psychology
  • metaphysics
  • thermodynamics
  • cosmology
  • stress management

Keywords

  • Aristotle
  • Schrodinger
  • Penrose
  • metaphysics
  • thermodynamics
  • cosmology
  • stress

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