Noosphere
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A Noosphere is a complex dynamic system composed of human consciousnesses.
- Context:
- It can (typically) represent the sphere of human thought and consciousness, integrating mental and cognitive activities across the globe.
- It can (often) be seen as an evolutionary development following the biosphere, signifying the collective intellect of humanity.
- It can encompass the aggregation of human knowledge, culture, and societal structures, influencing and being influenced by technological progress.
- It can be understood as the "thinking layer" of Earth, reflecting the interconnectedness of human minds and their impact on the planet.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Biosphere, which includes all ecosystems and living organisms but not specifically human thought.
- a Atmosphere, which encompasses the layers of gases surrounding Earth, without the inclusion of human consciousness.
- See: Technosphere, Human Predominance Period, Nous, Mind.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere Retrieved:2014-7-20.
- The noosphere (sometimes noösphere) is a concept used by Vladimir Vernadsky [1] and Teilhard de Chardin to denote the “sphere of human thought". [2] The word derives from the Greek νοῦς (nous “mind") and σφαῖρα (sphaira “sphere"), in lexical analogy to “atmosphere” and “biosphere”. [3] It was introduced by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1922 [4] in his Cosmogenesis. [5] Another possibility is the first use of the term by Édouard Le Roy (1870-1954), who together with Teilhard was listening to lectures of Vladimir Vernadsky at the Sorbonne. In 1936 Vernadsky accepted the idea of the noosphere in a letter to Boris Leonidovich Lichkov (though he states that the concept derives from Le Roy). [6]
- ↑ Georgy S. Levit: Biogeochemistry, Biosphere, Noosphere: The Growth of the Theoretical System of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945) ISBN 3-86135-351-2
- ↑ Georgy S. Levit: "The Biosphere and the Noosphere Theories of V. I. Vernadsky and P. Teilhard de Chardin: A Methodological Essay. International Archives on the History of Science/Archives Internationales D'Histoire des Sciences", 50 (144), 2000: p. 160-176 http://www2.uni-jena.de/biologie/ehh/personal/glevit/Teilhard.pdf
- ↑ "[...]he defined noosphere as the 'thinking envelope of the biosphere' and the 'conscious unity of souls'" David H. Lane, 1996, "The phenomenon of Teilhard: prophet for a new age" p.4 http://books.google.com/books?id=QrwityQkdxkC
- ↑ In 1922, Teilhard wrote in an essay with the title 'Hominization': "And this amounts to imagining, in one way or another, above the animal biosphere a human sphere, a sphere of reflection, of conscious invention, of conscious souls (the noosphere, if you will)" (1966, p. 63) It was a neologism employing the Greek word noos for "mind." (Teilhard de Chardin, "Hominization" (1923), "The Vision of the Past" pages 71,230,261 http://books.google.com/books?id=GnwPAQAAIAAJ )
- ↑ Tambov State Technical University: The Prominent Russian Scientist V.I.Vernadsky http://www.tstu.ru/win/kultur/nauka/vernad/uchver.htm, in English
- ↑ "Evolution on Rails": Mechanisms and Levels of Orthogenesis by Georgy S. Levit and Lennart Olsson
1955
- (Chardin, 1955) ⇒ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. (1955). “Le Phénomène Humain (The Phenomenon of Man)."