On a Possible Physical Metatheory of Consciousness
Miroljub Dugic, Milan M. Cirkovic, Dejan Rakovic
arXiv Preprint Archive December 21, 2002 preprint
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Keywords | Quant-ph Consciousness Awareness Sentience Quantum physics Quantum mechanics Qm Quantum theory Mind-matter connection Psychophysical problem Mind-body problem Brain-body connection Cosmology Universe Cosmos Universal physics |
| Key points | Proposes that decoherence theory, combined with the hypothesis of a physical origin of consciousness, yields a psycho-physical parallelism with cosmological relevance. |
Abstract
We show that the modern quantum mechanics, and particularly the theory of decoherence, allows formulating a sort of a physical metatheory of consciousness. Particularly, the analysis of the necessary conditions for the occurrence of decoherence, along with the hypothesis that consciousness bears (more-or-less) well definable physical origin, leads to a wider physical picture naturally involving consciousness. This can be considered as a sort of a psycho-physical parallelism, but on very wide scales bearing some cosmological relevance.