Infinity and the Brain A Unified Theory of Mind, Matter and God

Infinity and the Brain proposes a logical and scientific way to resolve the paradox of mind and matter -- by explaining how the perception of a finite image is dependent upon the contrasting infinitude of God. The theory holds that awareness is equal to a tension between existence and nonexistence, such that the self is illuminated to itself (becomes conscious) to the exact measure that it anticipates the infinitude of its own nonexistence. This "anticipation" is actually a "tendency toward" a loss of structure in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics, a process that is restrained by effort and the consequent wholesness of an image. An understanding of how effort is linked to an image and how both are dependent upon neural systems inseparable from "infinity anticipation" sets the stage for a new worldview -- in which mind is seen as dependent upon the immanence of an infinite God. And because "mind" can be defined by the presence of an image which intrinsically restrains disorder, we see by extrapolation that the entire universe must be fundamentally personal, not objective as currently viewed by modern science. Book jacket.

Glenn Dudley became interested in the mind-body problem as an undergraduate student at the University of Colorado while pursuing a pre-med major and elective studies in physics, philosophy, and Judeo-Christian theology. He received his M.D. degree in 1969, and, after doing a combined psychiatry/medicine internship, he completed a two-year program at MIT's Neurosciences Research Program. Then, sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts School of Medicine in Boston, he spent a year studying mind-body aspects of cancer. From 1975 to his retirement in 1998, Dr. Dudley was a primary care physician, emphasizing spirit-mind-body relationships.