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Work #1325 · Late

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Carl Gustav Jung
1952 · German
Philosophical-psychological treatise · Analytical psychology

Jung's 1952 work — meaningful coincidence as proper-philosophical-psychological category

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Non-Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Bi-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Relational
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Passive
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Impersonal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Variable
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

1952 late-Jung.

Space

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Zurich-Küsnacht.

Matter

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Psychophysical phenomena exhibiting synchronicity.

Observer

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Late Jung as theorist.

Energy

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Synchronistic-acausal energies.

Information

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Systematic content on meaningful coincidence.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

Synchronicity has been variously assessed — defenders see proper-philosophical-psychological category, mainstream scientific-philosophical critics see un-falsifiable speculative claim.