1st Edition

The Role Of Consciousness In The Physical World

By R. G. Jahn Copyright 1981
    152 Pages
    by Routledge

    152 Pages
    by Routledge

    Do we live in a deterministic universe that passively awaits our observation and utilization? Or do we create our own reality in the process of observing it? These questions, writes the editor, traditionally have been the domain of philosophers, theologians, and romantic writers; in recent years, though, they have become a concern of scientists. Ad

    Introduction -- The Extension of the Area of Science -- Psychophysical Interaction -- Experimental Psi Research: Implication for Physics -- Not Consciousness but the Distinction Between the Probe and the Probed as Central to the Elemental Quantum Act of Observation -- Broader Implications of Recent Findings in Psychological and Psychic Research -- Chairman's Note -- Chairman's Summary

    Biography

    Editor Jahn, R.G.