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Foundations of Mind IV: Quantum Mechanics Meets Neurodynamics

Séan Ó Nualláin

This is a description of the aims, agenda and organization of a conference, organized by Foundations of Mind and hosted by the CIIS Centre for Consciousness Studies that took place on 31st January, 2017. Teh proceedings of this conference are published in this special edition. The topic was 'Quantum Mechanics Meets Neurodynamics: An Emerging 21st Century Science of Consciousness'. This the fourth Foundations fo Mind conference. The proceedings of the other three conferences have also been published in Cosmos and History.This is a description of the aims, agenda and organization of a conference, organized by Foundations of Mind and hosted by the CIIS Centre for Consciousness Studies that took place on 31st January, 2017. Teh proceedings of this conference are published in this special edition. The topic was 'Quantum Mechanics Meets Neurodynamics: An Emerging 21st Century Science of Consciousness'. This the fourth Foundations fo Mind conference. The proceedings of the other three conferences have also been published in Cosmos and History.

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Quantum consciousness and a-quantum consciousness: a hypothesis for interpretation

Massimo Cocchi, Fabio Gabrielli, Lucio Tonello

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Quantum Mind and Social Science

Alexander E. Wendt

There is an underlying assumption in the social sciences that consciousness and social life are ultimately classical physical/material phenomena. In this ground-breaking book, Alexander Wendt challenges this assumption by proposing that consciousness is, in fact, a macroscopic quantum mechanical phenomenon. In the first half of the book, Wendt justifies the insertion of quantum theory into social scientific debates, introduces social scientists to quantum theory and the philosophical controversy about its interpretation, and then defends the quantum consciousness hypothesis against the orthodox, classical approach to the mind-body problem. In the second half, he develops the implications of this metaphysical perspective for the nature of language and the agent-structure problem in social ontology. Wendt's argument is a revolutionary development which raises fundamental questions about the nature of social life and the work of those who study it.There is an underlying assumption in the social sciences that consciousness and social life are ultimately classical physical/material phenomena. In this ground-breaking book, Alexander Wendt challenges this assumption by proposing that consciousness is, in fact, a macroscopic quantum mechanical phenomenon. In the first half of the book, Wendt justifies the insertion of quantum theory into social scientific debates, introduces social scientists to quantum theory and the philosophical controversy about its interpretation, and then defends the quantum consciousness hypothesis against the orthodox, classical approach to the mind-body problem. In the second half, he develops the implications of this metaphysical perspective for the nature of language and the agent-structure problem in social ontology. Wendt's argument is a revolutionary development which raises fundamental questions about the nature of social life and the work of those who study it.

Cambridge University Press eBooksApr 20, 2015528 citations

Viable Worlds Theory: A Coherence Science Account of Quantum Coherence and World Viability

Matthew Ainsworth

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Abdul Muiz

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RGH_ Reflective Expansion Hypothesis _Empirical and Theoretical Implication

Senyi, Frank

The Reflective Genesis Hypothesis (RGH) proposes that physical reality and conscious observation co-arise through reciprocal informational feedback across time. Rather than treating consciousness as a late by-product of complex matter, RGH identifies it as a functional component of the universe’s self-organization. Time serves as the feedback medium through which the cosmos maintains coherence; matter and observation are complementary expressions of a single reflective process.The framework synthesizes ideas from quantum foundations, cosmology, systems theory, and models of cognition, suggesting that stability, evolution, and awareness are different scales of the same feedback mechanism. An extension, the Reflective Expansion Hypothesis, interprets cosmic acceleration as the energetic trace of reflective growth. The paper outlines qualitative empirical implications and offers a structured probability assessment of the hypothesis, framed in Bayesian terms. No new experimental data are presented; the goal is to provide a coherent, testable conceptual framework.The Reflective Genesis Hypothesis (RGH) proposes that physical reality and conscious observation co-arise through reciprocal informational feedback across time. Rather than treating consciousness as a late by-product of complex matter, RGH identifies it as a functional component of the universe’s self-organization. Time serves as the feedback medium through which the cosmos maintains coherence; matter and observation are complementary expressions of a single reflective process.The framework synthesizes ideas from quantum foundations, cosmology, systems theory, and models of cognition, suggesting that stability, evolution, and awareness are different scales of the same feedback mechanism. An extension, the Reflective Expansion Hypothesis, interprets cosmic acceleration as the energetic trace of reflective growth. The paper outlines qualitative empirical implications and offers a structured probability assessment of the hypothesis, framed in Bayesian terms. No new experimental data are presented; the goal is to provide a coherent, testable conceptual framework.

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