1st Edition

Conscious Mind in the Physical World

By E.J Squires Copyright 1990
552 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

552 Pages
by CRC Press

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 how does consciousness interact with physical... Read more
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.

Biography

Squires, E.J