From Quantum Cognition to Conceptuality Interpretation I: Tracing the Brussels Group's Intellectual Journey

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06799v1
• Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:22:51 GMT
• Title: From Quantum Cognition to Conceptuality Interpretation I: Tracing the Brussels Group's Intellectual Journey
• Authors: Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo,
• Abstract summary: The article sketches the essential steps of the intellectual journey going from the first applications of quantum notions and formalisms to human cognition. This was done by drawing numerous parallels with the human conceptual domain and suggesting the existence of a level of cognitive activity that would underlie our physical reality. An increased cross-fertilization between the conceptuality interpretation and quantum cognition is to be expected in the future.
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• Abstract: The conceptuality interpretation of quantum mechanics proposes that quantum entities have a conceptual nature, interacting with the material world through processes that are the physical counterpart of the meaning-based processes which typically occur in human cognition. This interpretation emerged from the early developments in quantum cognition, a field that uses quantum mathematics to model human cognitive activity. It benefited from the specific approach taken by the Brussels research group, modeling concepts themselves as quantum entities and minds as measuring apparatuses. The article sketches the essential steps of the intellectual journey going from the first applications of quantum notions and formalisms to human cognition to the proposal of a potentially groundbreaking interpretation of quantum mechanics, offering profound explanations for major quantum phenomena. This was done by drawing numerous parallels with the human conceptual domain and suggesting the existence of a level of cognitive activity that would underlie our physical reality. This means that an increased cross-fertilization between the conceptuality interpretation and quantum cognition is to be expected in the future, both of which are synergistic in furthering our understanding of the nature of reality. This is the first part of a two-part article. In the second part, which can be read independently of the first, the successes of the interpretation will be described in a more systematic way, providing a brief overview of what has been achieved so far.

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