Manifestations of the Multiverse in Human Thought and its Implications to the Philosophical World
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multiverse, philsophy, time, western philosophy, eastern philosophy, universe, enlightenmentAbstract
The concept of the multiverse has been widely acknowledged within the scientific world. Many of the possible dictates of the multiverse potentially challenge the underpinnings of much Enlightenment era political philosophy, however. This paper firstly explores historic, philosophical, and religious concepts related to time and the multiverse. It then presents the idea that the existence of the multiverse will fundamentally challenge the basic premises of Western political philosophy, particularly “states of nature” and personal autonomy. The paper concludes that a new generation of multiverse laws, new schools of philosophy, new theories about life and meaning, and possibly new religions will inevitably emerge if multiverse is proven to exist.
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