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" Mindful universe : "
Henry P. Stapp.
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BL
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650383
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| Main Entry
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Stapp, Henry P.
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| Title & Author
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Mindful universe : : quantum mechanics and the participating observer /\ Henry P. Stapp.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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Frontiers collection,
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xiii, 212 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9783642180750 (hbk.)
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: 3642180752 (hbk.)
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| Notes
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"Two new chapters have been added."--Preface to the 2nd ed. (p.[ix]).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.
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| Contents
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Science, consciousness and human values -- Human knowledge as the foundation of science -- Actions, knowledge, and information -- Nerve terminals and the need to use quantum theory -- Templates for action -- The physical effectiveness of conscious will and the quantum Zeno effect -- Support from contemporary psychology -- Application to neuropsychology -- Roger Penrose's theory and quantum decoherence -- Non-orthodox versions of quantum theory and the need for process 1 -- The basis problem in many-worlds theories -- Despised dualism -- Whiteheadian quantum ontology -- Interview -- Consciousness and the anthropic questions -- Impact of quantum mechanics on human values -- Placebo: a clinically significant quantum effect -- Science-based discussion of free will -- A. Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain -- B. Von Neumann : knowledge, information, and entropy -- C. Wigner's friend and consciousness in quantum theory -- D. Orthodox interpretation and the mind-brain connection -- E. Locality in physics -- F. Einstein locality and spooky action at a distance -- G. Nonlocality in the quantum world.
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Quantum theory.
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Physics-- Philosophy.
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Mind and body.
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530.12
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QC174.13.S73 2011
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