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Evan Harris Walker
Physicist (Posthumous) · US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (formerly)
Research Areas
About
Physicist who proposed a quantum mechanical theory of consciousness and psi phenomena, linking consciousness to quantum tunneling in synaptic junctions. Deceased 2006.
Publications
- The Physics of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind and the Meaning of Life
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.
