Research Areas
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.
