Overview
- Explores the possible connections between quantum mechanics and consciousness
- Looks at how consciousness research can deepen our understanding of quantum mechanics
- Considers how quantum mechanics can contribute to our knowledge of consciousness
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 414)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Quanta Informs Mind
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Mind Informs Quanta
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Quanta and Mind Informs Worldviews
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About this book
This edited volume examines aspects of the mind/consciousness that are relevant to the interpretations of quantum mechanics. In it, an international group of contributors focus on the possible connections between quantum mechanics and consciousness. They look at how consciousness can help us with quantum mechanics as well as how quantum mechanics can contribute to our understanding of consciousness. For example, what do different interpretations aimed at solving the measurement problem in quantum mechanics tell us about the nature of consciousness, such as von Neumann's interpretation? Each interpretation has, associated to it, a corresponding metaphysical framework that helps us think about possible “models” of consciousness. Alternatively, what does the nature of consciousness tell us about the role of the observer and time reversibility in the measurement process?
The book features 20 papers on contemporary approaches to quanta and mind. It brings together thework of scholars from different disciplines with diverse views on the connections between quanta and mind, ranging from those who are supportive of a link between consciousness and quantum physics to those who are very skeptical of such link. Coverage includes such topics as free will in a quantum world, contextuality and causality, mind and matter interaction, quantum panpsychism, the quantum and quantum-like brain, and the role of time in brain-mind dynamics.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carlos Montemayor is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Minding Time: A Philosophical and Theoretical Approachto the Psychology of Time (2013; Brill), Consciousness, Attention, and Conscious Attention (with H. H. Haladjian, 2015; MIT Press) and Knowledge, Dexterity, and Attention: A Theory of Epistemic Agency (with Abrol Fairweather, 2017; Cambridge University Press).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quanta and Mind
Book Subtitle: Essays on the Connection between Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness
Editors: J. Acacio de Barros, Carlos Montemayor
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21908-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21907-9Published: 01 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21910-9Published: 01 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21908-6Published: 19 September 2019
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 260
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Quantum Physics, Cognitive Psychology