Mind and Matter

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7381v2
• Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:18:19 GMT
• Title: Mind and Matter
• Authors: D. M. Appleby,
• Abstract summary: It is sometimes suggested that quantum mechanics might explain consciousness.<n>An adequate non-Cartesian philosophy would transform our understanding of both quantum mechanics and consciousness.
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• Abstract: It is argued that the problem of interpreting quantum mechanics, and the philosophical problem of consciousness, both have their roots in the same set of misguided Cartesian assumptions. The confusions underlying those assumptions are analyzed in detail. It is sometimes suggested that quantum mechanics might explain consciousness. That is not the suggestion here. Rather it is suggested that an adequate non-Cartesian philosophy would transform our understanding of both quantum mechanics and consciousness. Consequently, it would change our ideas as to just what it is that we are trying to explain.

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