Comment on CONSIDERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE WORDS "IS" AND "EXISTS"

Z. Onyszkiewicz

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

The relation between quantum collapse and consciousness in the context of quantum cosmology of closed universe is analyzed.

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