Quantum Closures and Disclosures

Quantum Closures and Disclosures
Author: Gordon G. Globus
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9027251800

This surprising rapprochement between a powerful tradition within continental philosophy and the 20th-century quantum revolution in science is fruitfully applied to crucial issues in philosophy, brain science, mathematics and psychiatry."--BOOK JACKET.

Quantum Closures and Disclosures

Quantum Closures and Disclosures
Author: HAROLD SOMERS
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2003
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9789027251794

Quantum Closures and Disclosures thinks together two seemingly irreconcilable discourses: An application of quantum field theory to brain functioning, called quantum brain dynamics, and the continental postphenomenological tradition, especially the work of Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida. Underlying both developments is a new ontology of nonCartesian dual modes whose rich provenance is their ""between."" World is disclosed in the lumen naturale of dual modes belonging-together in their between; all presencing is a function of a ""c̃onjugate"" form of match in the between. Th.

Quantum Closures and Disclosures

Quantum Closures and Disclosures
Author: Gordon G. Globus
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2003-04-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9027296707

Quantum Closures and Disclosures thinks together two seemingly irreconcilable discourses: An application of quantum field theory to brain functioning, called quantum brain dynamics, and the continental postphenomenological tradition, especially the work of Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida. Underlying both developments is a new ontology of nonCartesian dual modes whose rich provenance is their "between." World is disclosed in the lumen naturale of dual modes belonging-together in their between; all presencing is a function of a "~conjugate" form of match in the between. This surprising rapprochement between a powerful tradition within continental philosophy and the 20th-century quantum revolution in science is fruitfully applied to crucial issues in philosophy, brain science, mathematics and psychiatry. Related Titles: Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness: An introduction, edited by Mari Jibu and Kunio Yasue (1995), and My Double Unveiled: The dissipative quantum model of the brain, by Giuseppe Vitiello (2001)

The Transparent Becoming of World

The Transparent Becoming of World
Author: Gordon G. Globus
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2009-10-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9027288720

The Transparent Becoming of World undertakes a penetrating inquiry into the quotidian world we take for granted and the brain that silently hoists our bubbles of world-thrownness. After critiquing the traditional views of direct realism, indirect realism and idealism, the continual becoming of world is explained by a novel integration of process dynamics, as formulated by Whitehead, Heidegger and Bohm, with the burgeoning field of quantum neurophilosophy. A rich ontological duality newly opened by quantum brain theory is exploited: the “between-two” of dual quantum modes. Existence as world-thrownness is between-two in waking and dreaming alike. This highly original interdisciplinary book may be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, consciousness researchers, indeed anyone attracted to the enigma of their own lived existence. (Series A)

Brain and Being

Brain and Being
Author: Gordon G. Globus
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9789027251947

This book results from a group meeting held at the Institute for Scientific Exchange in Torino, Italy. The central aim was for scientists to “think together” in new ways with those in the humanities inspired by quantum theory and especially quantum brain theory. These fields of inquiry have suffered conceptual estrangement but now are ripe for rapprochement, if academic parochialism is put aside. A prevalent theme of the book is a moving away from individual elements and individual actors acting upon each other, toward a coordinate hermeneutic dynamics that manifests as a coherent totality. Among the topics covered are image in photography and in neuroscience; language; time; brain and mathematics; quantum brain dynamics and quantum communication.

Mind that Abides

Mind that Abides
Author: David Skrbina
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2009-01-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9027290032

Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select ‘higher animals’. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and noble history in both Western and Eastern thought. Overlooked by analytical, materialist philosophy for most of the 20th century, it is now experiencing a renaissance of sorts in several areas of inquiry. A number of recent books – including Skrbina’s Panpsychism in the West (2005) and Strawson et al’s Consciousness and its Place in Nature (2006) – have established panpsychism as respectable and viable. Mind That Abides builds on these works. It takes panpsychism to be a plausible theory of mind and then moves forward to work out the philosophical, psychological and ethical implications. With 17 contributors from a variety of fields, this book promises to mark a wholesale change in our philosophical outlook. (Series A)

Mind, Matter and the Implicate Order

Mind, Matter and the Implicate Order
Author: Paavo T. I. Pylkkänen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006-10-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3540480587

This accessible and easy-to-follow book offers a new approach to consciousness. The author’s eclectic style combines new physics-based insights with those of analytical philosophy, phenomenology, cognitive science and neuroscience. He proposes a view in which the mechanistic framework of classical physics and neuroscience is complemented by a more holistic underlying framework in which conscious experience finds its place more naturally.

Philosophical Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry

Philosophical Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry
Author: James Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199207429

Technology has had, and will continue to have, a major effect on the field of psychiatry - in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. In a collection of stimulating and thought-provoking chapters, this book exams how technology has come to influence and drive psychiatry forward, and considers at just what cost these developments have been made.

Artificial Consciousness

Artificial Consciousness
Author: Antonio Chella
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1845406788

The book is interdisciplinary and focuses on the topic of artificial consciousness: from neuroscience to artificial intelligence, from bioengineering to robotics. It provides an overview on the current state of the art of research in the field of artificial consciousness and includes extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the International Workshop on ‘Artificial Consciousness', held in November 2005 at Agrigento (Italy).

The Emerging Physics of Consciousness

The Emerging Physics of Consciousness
Author: Jack A. Tuszynski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2006-09-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540367233

Seeks answers to these questions using the underlying assumption that consciousness can be understood using the intellectual potential of modern physics and other sciences. There are a number of theories of consciousness, some based on classical physics while others require the use of quantum concepts. The latter ones have drawn criticism from the parts of the scientific establishment while simultaneously claiming that classical approaches are doomed to failure. The contributing authors presents a spectrum of opinions from both sides of this on-going scientific debate, allowing readers to decide for themselves which of the approaches are most likely to succeed.