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Mindful universe :

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3642180752 (hbk.)

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9783642180750 (hbk.)

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Mindful universe :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

quantum mechanics and the participating observer /

First Statement of Responsibility

Henry P. Stapp.

Edition Statement

Second edition.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 212 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Frontiers collection,

ISSN of Series

1612-3018.

Text of Note

"Two new chapters have been added."--Preface to the 2nd ed. (p.[ix]).

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.

Text of Note

Science, consciousness and human values -- Human knowledge as the foundation of science -- Actions, knowledge, and information -- Nerve terminals and the need to use quantum theory -- Templates for action -- The physical effectiveness of conscious will and the quantum Zeno effect -- Support from contemporary psychology -- Application to neuropsychology -- Roger Penrose's theory and quantum decoherence -- Non-orthodox versions of quantum theory and the need for process 1 -- The basis problem in many-worlds theories -- Despised dualism -- Whiteheadian quantum ontology -- Interview -- Consciousness and the anthropic questions -- Impact of quantum mechanics on human values -- Placebo: a clinically significant quantum effect -- Science-based discussion of free will -- A. Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain -- B. Von Neumann : knowledge, information, and entropy -- C. Wigner's friend and consciousness in quantum theory -- D. Orthodox interpretation and the mind-brain connection -- E. Locality in physics -- F. Einstein locality and spooky action at a distance -- G. Nonlocality in the quantum world.

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Mind and body.

Physics-- Philosophy.

Quantum theory.

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Stapp, Henry P.

Date of Transaction

20160205151645.0

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