Resonance Physics from the Logos - Etymology, Scripture, and the Theological Roots of Natural Inquiry
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper argues that the conceptual foundations of science, physics, and mathematics are rooted in the biblical Logos and the theological claim that creation is intelligible. Through etymological analysis, science (scientia, “knowledge”), physics (physis, “nature”), and mathematics (mathēmatikē, “learning”) are shown to converge as disciplines that presuppose ordered reality and structured inquiry. Biblical texts affirm this presupposition: creation reveals divine rationality (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20), Wisdom orders the cosmos (Proverbs 8), and Christ as Logos grounds intelligibility itself (John 1:1). The study traces a historical trajectory from Aristotle’s Physics, through Augustine and Aquinas, to Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, showing how the Logos tradition underwrote the emergence of natural philosophy and early modern science. The Recursive Identity Framework (ψself, Σecho, Secho, ψPredictive) is introduced as a model for understanding how ritual, resonance, and predictive coherence shape the very cognition that sustains physics. By situating resonance, pattern, and coherence within physics, the paper reframes debates about disciplinary boundaries and argues that physics, rightly understood, is the heir of the Logos tradition: the systematic discernment of intelligible order in creation.
Author: MacLean, Ryan
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7082300637
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