This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. Laws of Form - the language of the consciousness and its applications - ID: 58298 Type of Funding Request: Online Funding Inquiry Status of this Funding Request: Draft/Saved Instructions: This PDF document is a read-only version of your funding request as it currently stands. You may print or save this document for your records. However, you should not attempt to edit this document. Any edits made to this PDF will not be saved in the Templeton Portal. If there are further edits that you would like to make to your funding request, please return to the request inside the Templeton Portal, select the appropriate section(s) of the form, make your edits, and save your work. After saving your work in the portal, you will be able to generate a new PDF version of the funding request that includes your recent edits. 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Funding Request Info Id: 58298 Title: (58298) Laws of Form - the language of the consciousness and its applications Request Status: Draft/Saved Core Funding Area: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Last Updated Date: 09/30/14 12:50am Request Type Request Type: Core Funding Area (JTF's full range of grantmaking areas) Core Area: Mathematical and Physical Sciences What prompted you to request funding from the John Templeton Foundation?: Previous experience requesting funding Application Country: Israel Date generated: 09/30/2014 2 / 9 This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. Project Description Project Title: Laws of Form - the language of the consciousness and its applications Executive Summary: The perception of reality is done in a parallel way while the language that we describe it is linear. We write a letter next to a letter and a word next to a word. The gap between direct perception and linearity was settled for the first time by Prof. George Spencer-Brown in his revolutionary book "Laws of Form". By this he solved the great challenge of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to find the "Algebra of thought" as a universal language with only one symbol. Many great scientists said that they come to their discoveries because they succeeded to save the eyes of a child. Therefore we want to develop a math program for kindergarten. We want to suggest a mathematical model of the functioning of the brain by presenting the neuron as a rooted tree. We want to develop a new model of computation which will differ from the traditional Turing machine. Project Activities: The goal of the project is to develop applications to G.S.Browns' book "Laws of Form" ( Fig 1) . Spencer-Brown will be involved directly in this project. We want to develop: • A math program for kindergarten • A mathematical model for the Brain • A new model of computation In 1969 he published his book "Laws of form". The main idea of this book is that the most fundamental operation in mathematics is a "distinction". It is the act of looking at something and separate it from its environment. We can simply write a distinction by drawing a bracket (). For simplicity, we assume that there is only one observer and one object. There are two fundamental rules of cancellation of words: ()()=() which means a repeated calling of an object doesn't change the calling. The second rule is (())= which means an observation on the observation bring nothingness. It is the unity between the observer and the object. These are the laws of Form. The target of this project is to develop an application of this new two dimensional language. Armed with the laws of form we want to investigate the following significant scientific problems. 1.Math program for kindergarten: We developed an innovative approach to mathematic education. The key idea is that mathematics may be studied from kindergarten age, by using a novel approach. The reason for this is that kindergarten children have not begun to learn math at school in ordered fashion. Therefore, their thinking is different, creative, open and intuitive. The math program is based on a dialogue - in which the teacher learns together with the children. The children are enchanted by math, and learning the story of great mathematician's life and discoveries. The children learn the concept of permutations, partitions and other intriguing subjects related to the concept of number. The Israeli Ministry of Education has taken an interest in the program and initiated a pilot program in several kindergartens. 2.Developing a mathematical model for the Brain The problem of understanding the function of the brain is first of all a philosophical problem. One can ask: How can the brain understand itself? To solve this difficulty it is necessary to jump to a new dimension of understanding. The great mathematician Arthur Cayley wrote a fundamental paper in the 19th century about rooted trees. Each neuron of our brain can be presented by a rooted tree. We want to investigate the possibility to present any rooted tree by a word in this new language of distinction. Therefore it might a mathematical tool to understand the function of the Brain. 3.Developing a new model of computation: Date generated: 09/30/2014 3 / 9 This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. All the logical circuits in electronics are based on the Boolean algebra. All computers are based on the Turing Machine. When we assume that the distinction have a true value and the emptiness have a false value it is possible to simplify the presentation of all the logical circle by using a single symbol – the distinction. We want to develop a new computational model of by using this new language. Project Description Attachment: George Spencer Brown Laws of Form.pdf Statement of Significance: According to Marcelo Dascals' research of the work of Leibniz, Leibniz was searching for a universal language with one symbol. This language can help to settle controversies between people. After that he changed his vision and he searched for a mathematical language with a more soft logic than the traditional true false logic. The book Laws of form by Spencer Brown fulfil the two linguistic visions of Leibniz. This language is the language of the conciseness because we always assume that there is an observer. The richness of the universe is created by variation that rise from the laws of form. It is the first nonlinear language which was developed. All the other languages are linear. Laws of form is a two dimension langue with great power. Outputs: Since kindergartens are the engine of creativity in human society,the application of using this new language will have a great impact on the evolution path of these children and the human race in general. •Application of laws of form in the area of math education in kindergarten We will train trainer for workshops. •Developing a new model of computation. In Turing Machine there is a gap between the machine and the data which is a stream of 0 and 1.In the language of laws of form there is no separation between the observer and the phenomena therefore the appearance of conciseness can lead to a new model of computation. •A mathematical model for the Human brain. We think that understanding of the brain is not only an academic mission. The target is to find a way to rise the way we use our brain with more capacity. From being a passive to became active and influence reality directly. •We will publish a book about these applications and organize a conference on this topic. Outcomes: Mathematics create the eyes in which we see reality. Laws of form re-exterminate the foundation of this language since the time of Euclids' book "the Elements". The application of this theory will have a great impact of our society. 1. The school achievements of the children in our programs are going to be outstanding. 2. They will challenge the education system to a higher consciousness development (we are going to develop special measurements of their schools). 3. Establish a new paradigm to knowledge that could be implemented in many other fields of knowledge. The development of the objectivity in science has come to limitation. It creates the technology that might bring the end of our civilization. Therefore it is very important today to bring dimensions of subjectivity to science. The vision of this project is to develop a new language that will support the unification of the human race. This language would help to solve controversies between people. Date generated: 09/30/2014 4 / 9 This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. This PDF is for review purposes ONLY. Relation to Sir John Templeton's Donor Intent: • Working in kindergarten have a philanthropic nature that helps children to develop their full potential.