General Science and Philosophy

On the Boundary Problem in the Origins of Matter, Life, and Consciousness

Authors: Sergey B. Yurchenko
Comments: 20 Pages.

Science has made great strides in answering many questions, but three major mysteries remain unsolved. Although these mysteries belong to different fields of science — physics, biology, and neuroscience — they all confront with the boundary problem. These are scientific investigations into the origins of matter, life, and consciousness, which extend beyond empirical and rational methods in the search for definitive answers. Here, this problem is presented as the search for the lowest boundaries for three forms of existence: physical, biological, and conscious. They are then translated into the context of Big Bang cosmology, abiogenesis, and the neuroscience of consciousness, each representing an ontological singularity with its own epistemological event horizon.
Category: General Science and Philosophy