Mindful universe
Subtitle: quantum mechanics and the participating observer
By: Henry P. Stapp
Series: The frontiers collection
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9783540724131
Subjects: Leib-Seele-Problem; Mind and body; Quantum theory; Philosophy; Physics; Quantentheorie
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Science, consciousness and human values; title: Human knowledge as the foundation of science; title: Actions, knowledge, and information; title: Nerve terminals and the need to use quantum theory; title: Templates for action; title: The physical effectiveness of conscious will and the quantum Zeno effect; title: Support from contemporary psychology; title: Application to neuropsychology; title: Roger Penrose's theory and quantum decoherence; title: Non-orthodox versions of quantum theory and the need for Process 1; title: The basis problem in many-worlds theories; title: Despised dualism; title: Whiteheadian quantum ontology; title: Interview; title: Consciousness and the anthropic questions; title: Impact of quantum mechanics on human values; title: Conclusions; title: [APPENDICES.] Gazzaniga's The ethical brain; title: Von Neumann: knowledge, information, and entropy; title: Wigner's friend and consciousness in quantum theory; title: Orthodox interpretation and the mind-brain connection; title: Locality in physics; title: Einstein locality and spooky action at a distance; title: Nonlocality in the quantum world; title: References; title: Index.