Mindful Universe Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer /

The classical mechanistic idea of nature that prevailed in science during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an essentially mindless conception: the physically described aspects of nature were asserted to be completely determined by prior physically described aspects alone, with our conscio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stapp, Henry P. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
Series:The Frontiers Collection,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Science, Consciousness and Human Values
  • Human Knowledge as the Foundation of Science
  • Actions, Knowledge, and Information
  • Nerve Terminals and the Need to Use Quantum Theory
  • Templates for Action
  • The Physical Effectiveness of Conscious Will and the Quantum Zeno Effect
  • Support from Contemporary Psychology
  • Application to Neuropsychology
  • Roger Penrose’s Theory and Quantum Decoherence
  • Non-Orthodox Versions of Quantum Theory and the Need for Process 1
  • The Basis Problem in Many-Worlds Theories
  • Despised Dualism
  • Whiteheadian Quantum Ontology
  • Interview
  • Consciousness and the Anthropic Questions
  • Impact of Quantum Mechanics on Human Values
  • Conclusions.