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V.V. Raman: Levels of Reality and their Implications

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DPR (Direct Perceived Reality)

Level of directly perceived reality

L-0 (Zero Level)

Level of level of everyday experiences, crudely physical and conceptually common-sense impressions

L-1 (Level One)

Level of organised information and systematic knowledge belonging to the system of classical physics which consists of the laws and principles giving rise to DPR at the L-0

IPR (Indirect Perceived Reality)

Level of indirectly perceived reality 

L-2 (Level Two)

Level of microcosmic reality far beyond our immediate perceptual cognition, evolution of microcosmic entities is only statistically (probabilistically) predictable. Probabilistic evolution is intrinsic to microcosmic or quantum systems.

L-3 (Level Three)

Level of complex reality which consists of systems in which chaos comes into play which leads to very significant unpredictable consequences. One of them is evolutionary change: that is to say, change which affects some of the basic characteristics of the elements in that reality. Equally importantly, these changes are totally unpredictable. They cannot be predicted even in a statistical way, as is possible with microcosmic entities.

L-4 (Level Four)

Level of hypercomplex reality representing trans-rational reality and intangible entities where the chaos factor (unpredictability from initial conditions) becomes even more dramatic. There is absolutely no way in which one can determine how a chance factor will affect the course of events. In this domain we function as members of an evolved society, it is here that ethical systems, poetic imagination and meaning arise.

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