Psychophysical correlations, synchronicity and meaning

J Anal Psychol. 2014 Apr;59(2):181-188. doi: 10.1111/1468-5922.12068.

Abstract

The dual-aspect framework which Jung developed with Wolfgang Pauli implies that psychophysical phenomena are neither reducible to physical processes nor to conscious mental activity. Rather, they constitute a radically novel kind of phenomena, deriving from correlations between the physical and the mental. In synchronistic events, a particular subclass of psychophysical phenomena, these correlations are explicated as experienced meaning.

Keywords: dual-aspect monism; meaning; psychophysical correlations; synchronicity.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Jungian Theory*
  • Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical*
  • Unconscious, Psychology*