A Monist View of Quantum Theory and Neuroscience
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| Data de Publicação: | 2019 |
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| Texto Completo: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41470-019-00051-2 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/190364 |
Resumo: | In this commentary to Henry Stapp’s target paper, I defend a view alternative to both von Neumann’s methodological Dualism, and Stapp’s choice of Idealist metaphysics. I argue for a Monist metaphysical thesis, claiming that the observed physical systems and the observers who study them originate from a common “neutral” source (neither material nor mental). Scientifically, I argue for an epistemological view of the neurosciences in which the brain/mind system has a circular topology, affording conscious experiences. In this Monist view of the brain/mind, the decoherence process is not fully completed, as in the “mental collapse” view: there is a “recoherence” process in living tissue that generates conscious episodes experienced by the organisms. |
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Pereira Jr, Alfredo [UNESP] |
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Pereira Jr, Alfredo [UNESP] |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
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Pereira Jr, Alfredo [UNESP] |
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Monist view Neuroscience Neutral monism Quantum theory Recoherence |
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Monist view Neuroscience Neutral monism Quantum theory Recoherence |
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In this commentary to Henry Stapp’s target paper, I defend a view alternative to both von Neumann’s methodological Dualism, and Stapp’s choice of Idealist metaphysics. I argue for a Monist metaphysical thesis, claiming that the observed physical systems and the observers who study them originate from a common “neutral” source (neither material nor mental). Scientifically, I argue for an epistemological view of the neurosciences in which the brain/mind system has a circular topology, affording conscious experiences. In this Monist view of the brain/mind, the decoherence process is not fully completed, as in the “mental collapse” view: there is a “recoherence” process in living tissue that generates conscious episodes experienced by the organisms. |
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