In this paper, we propose a trans-materialist information-theoretical approach to a full spectrum of conscious experience, from its normative embodied mode as part of an integrated brain/mind system to altered modes of consciousness, including nonlocal and near-death experiences (NDE). It allows for bridging the Cartesian gap and resolving the “hard problem” of non-material mind arising from...
This paper posits that life and death are two sides of one and the same process. Rather than considering states, we must adopt a process-oriented perspective. This article presents three speculative arguments. The first hypothesis suggests that existence is the strategy by which the universe manifests itself, and that the first tactic for activating this strategy is the simultaneity between...
Abstract: Probably the crux of quantum science is the relationship between consciousness and reality. The name for that relation is varied, and points out to a most fundamental problem, namely the possibility to overcome dualism. In science and philosophy at large, determinism and reductionism have already been tackled, if not superseded. The trouble though remains with dualism. This paper...