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Prologue; 1 The Origins of the Quantum Conception of Man; The Classical Predecessor to Contemporary Physics; Nothing goes Faster Than Light?; Descartes' Dualism; Classical Determinism; Philosophical Torment; The Copenhagen Shift to a Pragmatic Stance; Virtues of Realism; A Condition on the Scope of a Science-Based Theory of Reality; Von Neumann's "Orthodox" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics; The Action of Mind on Matter; Appearances are Deceiving: Classical Appearances Versus Quantum Realities; Potentia; Summary; 2 Waves, Particles, and Minds; Particles and Waves
Science and PhilosophyHeisenberg's Seminal 1925 Discovery; The Standard Copenhagen-Von Neumann Approach; 3 The Measuring Process; Minds, Brains, and Meaning; Utility of Quantum Smearing; Einstein's First Example; The Movable Heisenberg Cut; 4 Quantum Neuroscience; What's the Matter with Matter?; Problems with Materialism; Einstein's Second Example; Nature's Random Choices; Relativistic Version (RQFT); The Role and Importance of Free Will; 5 The Physical Effectiveness of Conscious Intent; A Brief Review; The Quantum Zeno Effect; Templates for Action; 6 Reality and Spooky Action at a Distance
Spooky Action at a DistanceThe Quantum Dynamical Origin of "Spooky Action"; Evasion via Pragmatism; The EPR Paper; Bohr's Response to EPR; Bell's Theorem and the Nature of Reality; 7 Backward-in-Time Causation?; Delayed Choice Experiments; The "Bohmian" Approach to Explaining 'Causal Implications'; 8 Actual Past and Historical Past; 9 The Libet "Free Will" Experiments; Introduction to Libet; Libet in a Quantum Mechanical Framework; The Libet Causal Anomalies; Libet Conclusion; 10 Questions and Answers About Minds; 11 The Fundamentally Mental Character of Reality; 12 Paranormal Phenomena
13 ConclusionsAcknowledgements; Supplemental Readings; Appendix A: Proof that Information Must Sometimes be Transferred Faster Than Light; Outline placeholder; Strengthening Bell's Theorem by Removing the Hidden-Variable Assumption; John Bell's Quasi-classical Statistical Theory; Two Problems with Bell's Theorems; The Proof; Appendix B: Graphical Representation of the Argument; Appendix C: Reply to Sam Harris on Free Will; Appendix D: The Paranormal and the Principle of Sufficient Reason; Outline placeholder; Quasi-Orthodox Quantum Mechanics and the Principle of Sufficient Reason
IntroductionImplementing the Principle of Sufficient Reason; Backward in Time Effects in Quantum Mechanics; Mathematical Details; Applications to Bem's Experiments; Conclusion; Appendix E: The Quantum Conception of Man; Outline placeholder; Quantum Mechanics, Consciousness, Spooky Action-at-a-distance, Bell's Theorem, and Free Will; Appendix F: Mind, Brain, and Neuroscience; Outline placeholder; Introduction; Classical Description; Von Neumann's Solution to the Quantum Measurement Problem
Science and PhilosophyHeisenberg's Seminal 1925 Discovery; The Standard Copenhagen-Von Neumann Approach; 3 The Measuring Process; Minds, Brains, and Meaning; Utility of Quantum Smearing; Einstein's First Example; The Movable Heisenberg Cut; 4 Quantum Neuroscience; What's the Matter with Matter?; Problems with Materialism; Einstein's Second Example; Nature's Random Choices; Relativistic Version (RQFT); The Role and Importance of Free Will; 5 The Physical Effectiveness of Conscious Intent; A Brief Review; The Quantum Zeno Effect; Templates for Action; 6 Reality and Spooky Action at a Distance
Spooky Action at a DistanceThe Quantum Dynamical Origin of "Spooky Action"; Evasion via Pragmatism; The EPR Paper; Bohr's Response to EPR; Bell's Theorem and the Nature of Reality; 7 Backward-in-Time Causation?; Delayed Choice Experiments; The "Bohmian" Approach to Explaining 'Causal Implications'; 8 Actual Past and Historical Past; 9 The Libet "Free Will" Experiments; Introduction to Libet; Libet in a Quantum Mechanical Framework; The Libet Causal Anomalies; Libet Conclusion; 10 Questions and Answers About Minds; 11 The Fundamentally Mental Character of Reality; 12 Paranormal Phenomena
13 ConclusionsAcknowledgements; Supplemental Readings; Appendix A: Proof that Information Must Sometimes be Transferred Faster Than Light; Outline placeholder; Strengthening Bell's Theorem by Removing the Hidden-Variable Assumption; John Bell's Quasi-classical Statistical Theory; Two Problems with Bell's Theorems; The Proof; Appendix B: Graphical Representation of the Argument; Appendix C: Reply to Sam Harris on Free Will; Appendix D: The Paranormal and the Principle of Sufficient Reason; Outline placeholder; Quasi-Orthodox Quantum Mechanics and the Principle of Sufficient Reason
IntroductionImplementing the Principle of Sufficient Reason; Backward in Time Effects in Quantum Mechanics; Mathematical Details; Applications to Bem's Experiments; Conclusion; Appendix E: The Quantum Conception of Man; Outline placeholder; Quantum Mechanics, Consciousness, Spooky Action-at-a-distance, Bell's Theorem, and Free Will; Appendix F: Mind, Brain, and Neuroscience; Outline placeholder; Introduction; Classical Description; Von Neumann's Solution to the Quantum Measurement Problem