Fundamentals of ontological psychology. The ontology of an infinite field of potencies

The operation of the consciousness interface can be described in two coordinated processes: top – down and bottom-up. The top-down process is the projection of existing internal models (beliefs, expectations, personal constructs) onto the Infinite, which leads to the actualization of the expected content and the reinforcement of existing patterns. The ascending process is a sensitivity to new, unexpected signals coming both from the external environment and from the depths of the Infinite (intuition, insight), which leads to the actualization of fundamentally new content, which can lead to the reassembly of the top – down models themselves. Personality differences can thus be described through the predominance of one process over another and through the interface bandwidth for each of them.

Spectrum of actualization: personality complexity and plasticity

The concept of the actualization spectrum is central to the ontological psychology of IFP and serves as a mathematical metaphor that describes the uniqueness of the individual in measurable terms. If the Infinite is the Hilbert space of all possible mental states, then the spectrum of an individual is the probability distribution of the system’s transition (actualization) to each of these states at a given moment in its history. This distribution is not uniform; it is formed by the entire previous history of actualizations, acting as a kind of filter that increases the probability of some trajectories and lowers the probability of others.

The shape of the spectrum is an exhaustive characteristic of the individual. A narrow, acute spectrum with one pronounced peak describes a rigid personality, prone to stereotypical reactions, with a limited repertoire of behavior and low tolerance to uncertainty. This spectrum is typical for obsessive-compulsive or paranoid disorders. A broad, gentle spectrum with many moderate peaks describes a complex, creative, plastic personality, capable of spontaneity and adaptation to the new. However, a completely flat spectrum (chaos, equal probability of any behavior) it is also pathological, describing a disintegrated, psychotic personality, devoid of stable patterns and identity.

The Shannon entropy H calculated for a given probability distribution can serve as a measure of personality complexity:

where pi is the probability of actualization of the i-th mental state/behavioral pattern. High entropy H corresponds to high complexity and plasticity, low entropy – rigidity and simplicity.

Free energy of complexity

Introduce the concept of free energy of complexity F, which balances net entropy with the requirement to maintain the structural integrity of the system:

Where С is a measure of the coherence or connectivity of the system (for example, a measure of the consistency of its subsystems – affective, cognitive, behavioral), and β is a parameter that is the inverse of the temperature in the thermodynamic metaphor, which characterizes the «rigidity» of the system, its resistance to entropic processes. A healthy, mature personality tends not to maximize or minimize H