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№ 7HST

Brian Josephson

Emeritus Professor of Physics · University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UKWebsite

Research Areas

ConsciousnessPhysicsQuantum Mind

About

Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1973, for the Josephson effect) who has investigated the relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness, including the role of mind in physical theory and paranormal phenomena.

Publications

  • Possible Connections between Psychic Phenomena and Quantum Mechanics
  • String Theory, Universal Mind, and the Paranormal
  • Beyond the MRI: The Mind-Matter Unification Project

Related Guides

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)

Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.

Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)

Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.

Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)

The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.

Idealism in Philosophy of Mind

Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.

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