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Werner Heisenberg, uno de los fundadores de la mecánica cuántica, argumentó que la función del estado cuántico para las partículas elementales debe entenderse como perteneciente al campo de teoría de las formas de Platón. En este artículo sugiero que esta conexión entre los dos conceptos
de fundamental importancia en nuestra comprensión de la realidad, de la ciencia y filosofía respectivamente, puede ser mayor y plausiblemente correlacionada a conceptos derivados del sistema de conocimiento de la religión, tal como se describe en los Escritos Bahá’is. Acá presento el argumento que la sustancia etérea (maddiy-i-athiriyyih) tal como lo describe Abdu’l-Bahá y alude a ella Bahá’u’lláh también pertenece al campo de teoría de las formas de Platón. Además, la descripción de la sustancia etérea en los Escritos Bahá’ís resuena con el entendimiento moderno de un campo cuántico, lo cual se deriva del concepto de función del estado cuántico. El artículo
también considera las implicaciones de paralelas aparentes hechas en los Escritos Bahá’ís entre la sustancia etérea y el espíritu humano, y concluye con reflexiones sobre posible relación entre la conciencia y la mecánica cuántica.
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