Conscious Mind in the Physical World

by E.J Squires

Overview

We have seen remarkable progress in our detailed understanding of the physical world, from the smallest constituents of atoms to the remotest distances seen by telescopes. However, we have yet to explore the phenomenon of consciousness. Can physical things be conscious or is consciousness something else, forever outside the range of physics? And ho

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040217535
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/01/1990
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	552
File size:	897 KB

Table of Contents

Introduction. Physics and the conscious mind. Consciousness. From classical physics to the standard model. Philosophical background. Experiments on conscious mind. Free will. Time. Truth. Quantum theory. What does quantum theory mean. Conscious mind and quantum physics. Conclusions. References.