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Sheldrake suggests that such interspecies telepathy is a real phenomenon and that morphic fields are responsible for it. [82] The book is in three sections, on telepathy, on sense of direction, including animal migration and the homing of pigeons, and on animal precognition, including premonitions of earthquakes and tsunamis. Sheldrake examined ...
Individual cells within a morphogenetic field in an embryo are flexible: thus, cells in a cardiac field can be redirected via cell-to-cell signaling to replace damaged or missing cells. [6] The Imaginal disc in larvae is an example of a discrete morphogenetic field region of cells in an insect embryo. [7]
Sheldrake's proposal was a distinct and independent notion. There now seems to be a developing consensus for a merge of Morphogenetic field (Rupert Sheldrake) with Morphic field, with Ndru01 so far as the only voice against. That discussion, as indicated above, is still active at talk page of Morphic field.
This page is devoted to discussing the article on the mainstream biological usage of the term morphogenetic field. For discussion relating to Rupert Sheldrake's concept of the same name, see Talk:Morphogenetic field (Rupert Sheldrake).
This old German's 18th century vision of "holistic science" appealed to the young Brit very much. Sheldrake used Goethe to investigate how the lilies of the field actually become lilies of the field. [20] Sheldrake is famous for the term "morphogenetic field" actually a quote from one of Steiner's students, Poppelbaum.
There has been a recent revival in field theories of life, albeit again at the fringes of science, particularly among those who seek to include an account of developmental psychobiology. The influence of Gurwitsch's theory is particularly evident in the work of the British plant physiologist, Rupert Sheldrake, and his concept of "morphic ...
The second entry challenged Sheldrake's morphic resonance idea, in which Sheldrake proposed that, in addition to genetic influences, a "morphogenetic field" for each species evolves similarly to how the species' genes might evolve, that these fields organize the nervous system's activity and can act as a collective memory for the whole species ...
Energy fields and morphic fields, which explains morphogenetic fields described by English biologist Rupert Sheldrake. Relationships and proportions in the world of form, which entered the study and meaning of proportions and the golden section in nature and in man, and Leonardo da Vinci some thoughts on the subject.