Mindful Universe Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stapp, Henry P. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Σειρά: The Frontiers Collection,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Philosophy.; Quantum physics.; Popular works.; Quantum Physics.; Philosophy, general.; Popular Science, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second edition
• Science Consciousness and  Human Values
• Human Knowledge as the Foundation 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
• 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
• Placebo: A Clinically Significant Quantum Effect
•  Science-Based Discussion of Free Will
• A.Gazzaniga’s The Ethical Brain
• B.Von Neumann: Knowledge, Information, and Entropy
• C. Wigner’s Friend and Consdciousness in Quantum Theory
• D. Orthodox Interpretation and the Mind-Brain Connection
• E. Locality in Physics
• F. Einstein Locality and Spooky Action at a Distance
• G. Nonlocality in the Quantum World
• References
• Index.