Quantum Mind and Social Science

Quantum Mind and Social Science
Author: Alexander Wendt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1107082544

A unique contribution to the understanding of social science, showing the implications of quantum physics for the nature of human society.

Shadows of the Mind

Shadows of the Mind
Author: Roger Penrose
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1994
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780195106466

Presents the author's thesis that consciousness, in its manifestation in the human quality of understanding, is doing something that mere computation cannot; and attempts to understand how such non-computational action might arise within scientifically comprehensive physical laws.

Entangled Minds

Entangled Minds
Author: Dean Radin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1439187932

Is everything connected? Can we sense what's happening to loved ones thousands of miles away? Why are we sometimes certain of a caller's identity the instant the phone rings? Do intuitive hunches contain information about future events? Is it possible to perceive without the use of the ordinary senses? Many people believe that "psychic phenomena" are rare talents or divine gifts. Others don't believe they exist at all. But the latest scientific research shows that these phenomena are both real and widespread, and are an unavoidable consequence of the interconnected, entangled physical reality we live in. Albert Einstein called entanglement "spooky action at a distance"—the way two objects remain connected through time and space, without communicating in any conventional way, long after their initial interaction has taken place. Could a similar entanglement of minds explain our apparent psychic abilities? Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, believes it might. In this illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled lab tests. Radin surveys the origins of this research and explores, among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. He reveals the physical reality behind our uncanny telepathic experiences and intuitive hunches, and he debunks the skeptical myths surrounding them. Entangled Minds sets the stage for a rational, scientific understanding of psychic experience.

Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness

Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness
Author: Mari Jibu
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 259
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9027251231

This change of perspective results in a radically new vision of how the brain functions

Quanta and Mind

Quanta and Mind
Author: J. Acacio de Barros
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3030219089

This edited volume examines aspects of the mind/consciousness that are relevant to the interpretations of quantum mechanics. In it, an international group of contributors focus on the possible connections between quantum mechanics and consciousness. They look at how consciousness can help us with quantum mechanics as well as how quantum mechanics can contribute to our understanding of consciousness. For example, what do different interpretations aimed at solving the measurement problem in quantum mechanics tell us about the nature of consciousness, such as von Neumann's interpretation? Each interpretation has, associated to it, a corresponding metaphysical framework that helps us think about possible “models” of consciousness. Alternatively, what does the nature of consciousness tell us about the role of the observer and time reversibility in the measurement process? The book features 20 papers on contemporary approaches to quanta and mind. It brings together the work of scholars from different disciplines with diverse views on the connections between quanta and mind, ranging from those who are supportive of a link between consciousness and quantum physics to those who are very skeptical of such link. Coverage includes such topics as free will in a quantum world, contextuality and causality, mind and matter interaction, quantum panpsychism, the quantum and quantum-like brain, and the role of time in brain-mind dynamics.

Cosmology of Consciousness

Cosmology of Consciousness
Author: Deepak Chopra
Publisher: Science Publishers
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2017-02-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781938024474

1. How Consciousness Becomes the Physical Universe. Menas Kafatos, Rudolph E. Tanzi, and Deepak Chopra 2. Cosmological Foundations of Consciousness. Chris King 3. The Origin of the Modern Anthropic Principle. Helge Kragh 4. Consciousness in the Universe: Neuroscience, Quantum Space-Time Geometry. Roger Penrose, and Stuart Hameroff 5. What Consciousness Does: A Quantum Cosmology of Mind. Chris J. S. Clarke 6. Quantum Physics & the Multiplicity of Mind: Split-Brains, Fragmented Minds, Dissociation, Quantum Consciousness. R. Joseph 7. Logic of Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenon of Consciousness. Michael B. Mensky 8. Evolution of Paleolithic Cosmology and Spiritual Consciousness. R. Joseph 9. Alien Life and Quantum Consciousness, Randy D. Allen 10. Evolution of Consciousness in the Ancient Corners of the Cosmos. R. Joseph 11. How Consciousness Became the Universe R. Joseph 12. Cosmology and Psyche in the Classical World: Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Ptolemy, Nicholas Campion 13. Was There A Ptolemaic Revolution in Ancient Egyptian Astronomy? Nicholas Campion

Building Evolutionary Architectures

Building Evolutionary Architectures
Author: Neal Ford
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2017-09-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491986328

The software development ecosystem is constantly changing, providing a constant stream of new tools, frameworks, techniques, and paradigms. Over the past few years, incremental developments in core engineering practices for software development have created the foundations for rethinking how architecture changes over time, along with ways to protect important architectural characteristics as it evolves. This practical guide ties those parts together with a new way to think about architecture and time.

The Mind Matters

The Mind Matters
Author: David Hodgson
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1993
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780198240686

In this book David Hodgson presents a clear and compelling case against today's orthodox mechanistic view of the brain and mind, and in favour of the view that `the mind matters'. Although written from a philosophical viewpoint, the book has important implications for the sciences concerned with the brain and mind problem. At the same time, it is largely non-technical, and thus accessible to the non-specialist reader.

Buddha and the Quantum

Buddha and the Quantum
Author: Samuel Avery
Publisher: Sentient+ORM
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2023-07-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1591812364

Buddha and the Quantum is about the connection between meditation and physics. Many books show parallels between consciousness and physics; a few of these attempt to explain consciousness in terms of the physics of everyday experience.

Quantum Relativity

Quantum Relativity
Author: David R. Finkelstein
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642609368

Over the past years the author has developed a quantum language going beyond the concepts used by Bohr and Heisenberg. The simple formal algebraic language is designed to be consistent with quantum theory. It differs from natural languages in its epistemology, modal structure, logical connections, and copulatives. Starting from ideas of John von Neumann and in part also as a response to his fundamental work, the author bases his approach on what one really observes when studying quantum processes. This way the new language can be seen as a clue to a deeper understanding of the concepts of quantum physics, at the same time avoiding those paradoxes which arise when using natural languages. The work is organized didactically: The reader learns in fairly concrete form about the language and its structure as well as about its use for physics.