A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Awareness into Relational Quantum Dynamics (RQD)

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12016v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:51:06 GMT
• Title: A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Awareness into Relational Quantum Dynamics (RQD)
• Authors: Arash Zaghi,
• Abstract summary: We propose a conceptual framework that integrates awareness into Quantum Dynamics (RQD) We operationalize awareness as the realization of a quantum event-quantified by measures such as the integrated information metric ($Phi$) from Integrated Information Theory (IIT) A toy model is presented in which a simple observer-system is recast in terms of information exchange updating, illustrating how an interaction can give rise to an awareness update.
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• Abstract: We propose a conceptual framework that integrates awareness into Relational Quantum Dynamics (RQD) by reinterpreting quantum interactions as intrinsic acts of awareness. Drawing on insights from quantum physics, idealist philosophies, and quantum information theory, our framework posits that consciousness is the fundamental substrate of being, with awareness emerging through the relational updating of information between interacting systems. We operationalize awareness as the realization of a quantum event-quantified by measures such as mutual information and the integrated information metric ($\Phi$) from Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Employing tools from category theory, we map physical processes, states and interactions, to corresponding awareness processes via functorial relationships, thereby casting measurement updates as awareness events. A toy model is presented in which a simple observer-system interaction is recast in terms of information exchange and Bayesian updating, illustrating how an interaction can give rise to an awareness update. We contrast this awareness-based RQD with existing interpretations, notably Relational Quantum Mechanics (RQM) and Quantum Bayesianism (QBism), arguing that while these approaches acknowledge the role of observers, they do not ascribe an ontological role to awareness. Although experimental tests remain conceptual, potential avenues, including proposals based on quantum gravitational entanglement and observer-dependent phenomena-are discussed. Overall, this roadmap seeks to provide a unified perspective on mind and matter by suggesting that every quantum interaction is a manifestation of an underlying, universal awareness that underpins the fabric of reality.

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