A Further Review of ‘Orch OR’ Theory: The Universe in Consciousness
June 1, 2015 R. Boyer, Park Hensley
A critique argues that Hameroff and Penrose's 'Orch OR' theory of consciousness is fundamentally limited because it adopts an ultra-reductive approach that ignores the holistic view of consciousness as primary, which has been the most historically enduring perspective. The critique notes that the 2014 review omitted recent theories of an ontologically real nonlocal information field, which represent a major step toward the holistic view. The authors reconsider reductive assumptions about physicalism, quantum wavefunction reduction, the mind/brain relationship, panpsychism, and the structure of the universe from a holistic standpoint.