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| known_for = "Psychogenesis" and the unified field, absolute space and time, teleology in physics | |||
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Earl C. Sherry | '''Earl C. Sherry''' (19 October 1919 – 23 September 1999) was an American independent theorist who proposed a '''unified field theory built around what he called "psychogenesis"''' — an account in which mind or purpose is not a late product of physical evolution but a factor operating within the field itself. | ||
Very little is recorded about him. He came originally from Missouri and latterly lived in Saint Petersburg, Florida. His surviving work consists of two papers presented in the late 1980s, one of them published in ''[[The Toth-Maatian Review]]'', the dissident-science journal edited by Harold Willis Milnes at Lubbock, Texas. | |||
==Work== | |||
[[Category:Scientist]] | Sherry's ''[[The Unified Field Theory]]'' (1987) sets out a single, densely compressed proposal. Because his terminology is his own and paraphrase risks misrepresenting it, his abstract is best given entire: | ||
{{quote|This paper defines the Constant Unilateral Action of the Zeitgeist, the Strong Electromagnetic Force of Psychogenesis teleologically defining the simultaneously relative duration of the direct conversion of the equivalent kinetic energy of the electromagnetic energy induced to the equivalent kinetic energy of the electromagnetic energy generated in an absolute and independent (homogeneous) space and time conserving the fourth dimensional structural evolutionary mechanical stability of a general unified field system in each of the perfect cycles in the creative psychogenetic classical and quantum mechanical evolution of a general high energy unified field system.|Earl C. Sherry, ''The Unified Field Theory'' (1987)}} | |||
Several commitments can be read out of it, and they are the ones that place Sherry within the tradition documented on this wiki: | |||
* '''Absolute space and time.''' He is explicit that his field system operates "in an absolute and independent (homogeneous) space and time" — a direct rejection of the relativistic account, aligning him with the [[Relativity|absolute-space]] position argued by many researchers catalogued here. | |||
* '''Teleology.''' The governing force is said to act "teleologically" — that is, by reference to an end or purpose. This sets him against the strictly efficient-cause framework of modern physics, and is the sense in which his theory is a theory of ''genesis'' rather than merely of mechanism. | |||
* '''Mind within physics.''' "Psychogenesis" makes the emergence of mind a feature of the field's evolution rather than an accident occurring within it — a position that connects him, if distantly, to the other attempts on this wiki to give consciousness a place in physical theory rather than to explain it away. See [[:Category:Consciousness]]. | |||
* '''Cyclic evolution.''' The system is described as passing through "perfect cycles", suggesting a recurrent rather than a linear cosmic history. | |||
His second paper, ''[[The Psychogenetic Mandala]]'' (1988), published in ''[[The Toth-Maatian Review]]'' at pp. 3197–3205, appears from its title to have presented the scheme in diagrammatic form — a mandala being a figure in which a whole is laid out symmetrically about a centre. No copy or abstract of it has been recovered; it survives on this wiki only as a citation, catalogued in the [[Index of Papers Without Abstracts]]. | |||
==Assessment== | |||
Sherry's work is among the most difficult in the collection. It is compressed to the point of obscurity, uses terms in senses he does not define elsewhere, and was published in a venue that has itself largely vanished from view. No secondary literature on it appears to exist, and no engagement with it — critical or sympathetic — has been recorded. | |||
What can fairly be said is that his concerns were serious ones, and are shared with better-documented researchers here: whether space and time are absolute, whether purpose has any place in physical explanation, and whether mind can be brought within a unified field account rather than left outside it. Whether his particular answer repays the effort of decipherment is a question that awaits a reader with access to the full papers. | |||
==Papers== | |||
* 1988 - "[[The Psychogenetic Mandala]]" — ''[[The Toth-Maatian Review]]'', pp. 3197–3205 ''(citation only; no abstract recovered)'' | |||
* 1987 - "[[The Unified Field Theory]]" — pp. 233–237 | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[The Toth-Maatian Review]] | |||
* [[Index of Papers Without Abstracts]] | |||
* [[:Category:Unified Theory|Category: Unified Theory]] | |||
[[Category:Scientist|Sherry Earl]] | |||
[[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]] | |||
[[Category:Unified Theory|Sherry Earl]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:54, 21 July 2026
Earl C. Sherry | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 19, 1919 |
| Died | September 23, 1999 (aged 79) |
| Residence | Saint Petersburg, FL, United States |
| Nationality | USA |
| Known for | "Psychogenesis" and the unified field, absolute space and time, teleology in physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Unified field theory, Psychogenesis |
Earl C. Sherry (19 October 1919 – 23 September 1999) was an American independent theorist who proposed a unified field theory built around what he called "psychogenesis" — an account in which mind or purpose is not a late product of physical evolution but a factor operating within the field itself.
Very little is recorded about him. He came originally from Missouri and latterly lived in Saint Petersburg, Florida. His surviving work consists of two papers presented in the late 1980s, one of them published in The Toth-Maatian Review, the dissident-science journal edited by Harold Willis Milnes at Lubbock, Texas.
Work
Sherry's The Unified Field Theory (1987) sets out a single, densely compressed proposal. Because his terminology is his own and paraphrase risks misrepresenting it, his abstract is best given entire:
This paper defines the Constant Unilateral Action of the Zeitgeist, the Strong Electromagnetic Force of Psychogenesis teleologically defining the simultaneously relative duration of the direct conversion of the equivalent kinetic energy of the electromagnetic energy induced to the equivalent kinetic energy of the electromagnetic energy generated in an absolute and independent (homogeneous) space and time conserving the fourth dimensional structural evolutionary mechanical stability of a general unified field system in each of the perfect cycles in the creative psychogenetic classical and quantum mechanical evolution of a general high energy unified field system.
— Earl C. Sherry, The Unified Field Theory (1987)
Several commitments can be read out of it, and they are the ones that place Sherry within the tradition documented on this wiki:
- Absolute space and time. He is explicit that his field system operates "in an absolute and independent (homogeneous) space and time" — a direct rejection of the relativistic account, aligning him with the absolute-space position argued by many researchers catalogued here.
- Teleology. The governing force is said to act "teleologically" — that is, by reference to an end or purpose. This sets him against the strictly efficient-cause framework of modern physics, and is the sense in which his theory is a theory of genesis rather than merely of mechanism.
- Mind within physics. "Psychogenesis" makes the emergence of mind a feature of the field's evolution rather than an accident occurring within it — a position that connects him, if distantly, to the other attempts on this wiki to give consciousness a place in physical theory rather than to explain it away. See Category:Consciousness.
- Cyclic evolution. The system is described as passing through "perfect cycles", suggesting a recurrent rather than a linear cosmic history.
His second paper, The Psychogenetic Mandala (1988), published in The Toth-Maatian Review at pp. 3197–3205, appears from its title to have presented the scheme in diagrammatic form — a mandala being a figure in which a whole is laid out symmetrically about a centre. No copy or abstract of it has been recovered; it survives on this wiki only as a citation, catalogued in the Index of Papers Without Abstracts.
Assessment
Sherry's work is among the most difficult in the collection. It is compressed to the point of obscurity, uses terms in senses he does not define elsewhere, and was published in a venue that has itself largely vanished from view. No secondary literature on it appears to exist, and no engagement with it — critical or sympathetic — has been recorded.
What can fairly be said is that his concerns were serious ones, and are shared with better-documented researchers here: whether space and time are absolute, whether purpose has any place in physical explanation, and whether mind can be brought within a unified field account rather than left outside it. Whether his particular answer repays the effort of decipherment is a question that awaits a reader with access to the full papers.
Papers
- 1988 - "The Psychogenetic Mandala" — The Toth-Maatian Review, pp. 3197–3205 (citation only; no abstract recovered)
- 1987 - "The Unified Field Theory" — pp. 233–237