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The Natural Philosophy and Physics of Consciousness

Abstract

Consciousness comes out of quantum mechanics — from the presence of tunneling in the brain, and from state vector collapse brought on by the brain’s comparison loops. This fact is tied to the machinery of the MSE — the modified Schrödinger equation. This understanding of consciousness also lets us resolve problems in neurophysiology and even in physics — the resolution of the disparity that has long beset general relativity vis a vis quantum theory. We use this understanding of consciousness as a quantum process to resolve the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and to obtain quantities that allow us to test experimentally the viability of this theory.

Abstract

Consciousness comes out of quantum mechanics — from the presence of tunneling in the brain, and from state vector collapse brought on by the brain’s comparison loops. This fact is tied to the machinery of the MSE — the modified Schrödinger equation. This understanding of consciousness also lets us resolve problems in neurophysiology and even in physics — the resolution of the disparity that has long beset general relativity vis a vis quantum theory. We use this understanding of consciousness as a quantum process to resolve the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and to obtain quantities that allow us to test experimentally the viability of this theory.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Biological feasibility of quantum approaches to consciousness 1
  5. The Natural Philosophy and Physics of Consciousness 63
  6. Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness 83
  7. Neuropsychological Investigations 117
  8. What is consciousness? 145
  9. Thinking together quantum brain dynamics and postmodernism 175
  10. Consciousness and non-hierarchical physics 191
  11. Time and the Laws of Nature 219
  12. Matter, Mind and the quantum 227
  13. What is it not Like to be a Brain? 257
  14. On the nature of anamalous phenomena 269
  15. The philosophy of consciousness, ‘deep’ teleology and objective selection 293
  16. Name index 313
  17. Subject index 317
The Physical Nature of Consciousness
This chapter is in the book The Physical Nature of Consciousness
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.29.03wal

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Biological feasibility of quantum approaches to consciousness 1
  5. The Natural Philosophy and Physics of Consciousness 63
  6. Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness 83
  7. Neuropsychological Investigations 117
  8. What is consciousness? 145
  9. Thinking together quantum brain dynamics and postmodernism 175
  10. Consciousness and non-hierarchical physics 191
  11. Time and the Laws of Nature 219
  12. Matter, Mind and the quantum 227
  13. What is it not Like to be a Brain? 257
  14. On the nature of anamalous phenomena 269
  15. The philosophy of consciousness, ‘deep’ teleology and objective selection 293
  16. Name index 313
  17. Subject index 317
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