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Chance, Choice, and Consciousness: A Causal Quantum Theory of the Mind/Brain
Chance, Choice, and Consciousness A Causal Quantum Theory of the Mind/Brain*
Abstract
An analysis of the measurement problem of quantum theory points to the need to introduce consciousness, per se, into physics. Conversely, an analysis of the mind-brain problem of cogsci/neuroscience/psychology and philosophy-of-mind points to the need to introduce quantum theory into our treatment of the human mind/brain: an adequate theory of the mind/brain should make a person’s conscious thoughts, per se, efficacious, and, in particular, allow his descriptions of the ...
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