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J. Acacio de Barros

2 papers in the library · publishing 2014-2016

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Can we Falsify the Consciousness-Causes-Collapse Hypothesis in Quantum Mechanics?

arXiv Preprint Archive September 2, 2016 J. Acacio de Barros, Gary Oas

In this paper we examine some proposals to disprove the hypothesis that the interaction between mind and matter causes the collapse of the wave function, showing that such proposals are fundamentally flawed. We then describe a general experimental setup retaining the key features of the ones examined, and show that even a more general case is inadequate to disprove the mind-matter collapse...

On a Model of Quantum Mechanics and the Mind

arXiv Preprint Archive April 2, 2014 J. Acacio de Barros

In this paper I discuss Stapp's (2014) interesting proposal of using the Quantum Zeno Effect to account for the mind/matter interaction. In particular, I discuss some of the motivations for it, and then argue that, in his current version, his model is circular (a solution to this, proposed by Kathryn Laskey, is presented), insofar as the mind/matter problem is concerned. I also present an...