Michael Shatnev

Active Information and the Nature of Consciousness: Bohm's Theory in the Context of Contemporary Science

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) June 23, 2026 Michael Shatnev, L. G. Zazunov preprint

This study offers a comprehensive analysis of David Bohm’s article “A New Theory of the Relationship of Mind and Matter” (Philosophical Psychology, 1990) — one of the most original attempts of the twentieth century to overcome Cartesian dualism on a physical foundation. The paper proceeds in sequence through the historical context of the mind–body problem, the physical basis of the causal...