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Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind : New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective / ed. by Antonella Corradini, Uwe Meixner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ; 56Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110350746
  • 9783110387551
  • 9783110351064
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.1201 23
LOC classification:
  • BD418.3 .Q36 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Quantum Physics and the Mind -- Quantum Physics and Philosophy of Mind -- Of Quantum Physics and DOMINDARs -- Quantum Mechanics and Intentionality -- Quantum Physics and the Fundamentality of the Mental -- Quantum Mechanics and Dualism -- Part II: Quantum Physics, Consciousness, Agency, and Free Will -- Consciousness in the quantum world: An Indian perspective -- Consciousness, free will and quantum brain biology – The ‘Orch OR’ theory -- Physics, Free Will, and Temporality in the Open World -- Quantum Physics, Action and Free Will: How Might Free Will be Possible in a Quantum Universe? -- Quantum Stochasticity and (the End of) Neurodeterminism -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- The Contributors
Summary: Quantum physics, in contrast to classical physics, allows non-locality and indeterminism in nature. Moreover, the role of the observer seems indispensable in quantum physics. In fact, quantum physics, unlike classical physics, suggests a metaphysics that is not physicalism (which is today’s official metaphysical doctrine). As is well known, physicalism implies a reductive position in the philosophy of mind, specifically in its two core areas, the philosophy of consciousness and the philosophy of action. Quantum physics, in contrast, is compatible with psychological non-reductionism, and actually seems to support it. The essays in this book explore, from various points of view, the possibilities of basing a non-reductive philosophy of mind on quantum physics. In doing so, they not only engage with the ontological and epistemological aspects of the question but also with the neurophysiological ones.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Quantum Physics and the Mind -- Quantum Physics and Philosophy of Mind -- Of Quantum Physics and DOMINDARs -- Quantum Mechanics and Intentionality -- Quantum Physics and the Fundamentality of the Mental -- Quantum Mechanics and Dualism -- Part II: Quantum Physics, Consciousness, Agency, and Free Will -- Consciousness in the quantum world: An Indian perspective -- Consciousness, free will and quantum brain biology – The ‘Orch OR’ theory -- Physics, Free Will, and Temporality in the Open World -- Quantum Physics, Action and Free Will: How Might Free Will be Possible in a Quantum Universe? -- Quantum Stochasticity and (the End of) Neurodeterminism -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- The Contributors

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Quantum physics, in contrast to classical physics, allows non-locality and indeterminism in nature. Moreover, the role of the observer seems indispensable in quantum physics. In fact, quantum physics, unlike classical physics, suggests a metaphysics that is not physicalism (which is today’s official metaphysical doctrine). As is well known, physicalism implies a reductive position in the philosophy of mind, specifically in its two core areas, the philosophy of consciousness and the philosophy of action. Quantum physics, in contrast, is compatible with psychological non-reductionism, and actually seems to support it. The essays in this book explore, from various points of view, the possibilities of basing a non-reductive philosophy of mind on quantum physics. In doing so, they not only engage with the ontological and epistemological aspects of the question but also with the neurophysiological ones.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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