Founding quantum theory on the basis of consciousness
TL;DR: In this article, a generalized process of measurement-perception is introduced, where the operation of consciousness brings into existence, from a state of potentiality, the event in consciousness.
Abstract: In the present work, quantum theory is founded on the framework of consciousness, in contrast to earlier suggestions that consciousness might be understood starting from quantum theory. The notion of streams of consciousness, usually restricted to conscious beings, is extended to the notion of a Universal/Global stream of conscious flow of ordered events. The streams of conscious events which we experience constitute sub-streams of the Universal stream. Our postulated ontological character of consciousness also consists of an operator which acts on a state of potential consciousness to create or modify the likelihoods for later events to occur and become part of the Universal conscious flow. A generalized process of measurement-perception is introduced, where the operation of consciousness brings into existence, from a state of potentiality, the event in consciousness. This is mathematically represented by (a) an operator acting on the state of potential-consciousness before an actual event arises in consciousness and (b) the reflecting of the result of this operation back onto the state of potential-consciousness for comparison in order for the event to arise in consciousness. Beginning from our postulated ontology that consciousness is primary and from the most elementary conscious contents, such as perception of periodic change and motion, quantum theory follows naturally as the description of the conscious experience.
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TL;DR: The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics as discussed by the authors is a seminal work in theoretical physics that introduced the theory of Hermitean operators and Hilbert spaces and provided a mathematical framework for quantum mechanics.
Abstract: Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics was a revolutionary book that caused a sea change in theoretical physics. Here, John von Neumann, one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century, shows that great insights in quantum physics can be obtained by exploring the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics. He begins by presenting the theory of Hermitean operators and Hilbert spaces. These provide the framework for transformation theory, which von Neumann regards as the definitive form of quantum mechanics. Using this theory, he attacks with mathematical rigor some of the general problems of quantum theory, such as quantum statistical mechanics as well as measurement processes. Regarded as a tour de force at the time of publication, this book is still indispensable for those interested in the fundamental issues of quantum mechanics.
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TL;DR: Aixi et al. as mentioned in this paper describe a massa gelada d'aigua consisting of a cabellera and a cua, which is composed of elements from the massa.
Abstract: Els cometes presenten en general un nucli brillant de dimensions reduides (uns quilbmetres), de forma irregular i que conte gairebe tota la massa, una cabellera al voltant del nucli i una cua (si es que arriba a formar-se). El nucli esta constituit per una massa gelada d'aigua, pols i altres compostos i elements tant organics corn inorganics. Es pot dir que es corn una gran bola de neu bruta. Situat practicament en el buit, el nucli es va sublimant a ritme molt lent quan esta lluny del Sol, i a ritme rnes gran quan es troba en zones de la seva brbita rnes properes al Sol. Aixi es formen la cabellera i la cua.
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TL;DR: The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The forty-nine papers collected here illuminate the meaning of quantum theory as it is disclosed in the measurement process. Together with an introduction and a supplemental annotated bibliography, they discuss issues that make quantum theory, overarching principle of twentieth-century physics, appear to many to prefigure a new revolution in science.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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TL;DR: Bell as mentioned in this paper presented a list of papers on quantum philosophy by J. S. Bell on the problem of hidden variables in quantum mechanics and on the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky paradox.
Abstract: List of papers on quantum philosophy by J. S. Bell Preface Acknowledgements Introduction by Alain Aspect 1. On the problem of hidden variables in quantum mechanics 2. On the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky paradox 3. The moral aspects of quantum mechanics 4. Introduction to the hidden-variable question 5. Subject and object 6. On wave packet reduction in the Coleman-Hepp model 7. The theory of local beables 8. Locality in quantum mechanics: reply to critics 9. How to teach special relativity 10. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments 11. The measurement theory of Everett and de Broglie's pilot wave 12. Free variables and local causality 13. Atomic-cascade photons and quantum-mechanical nonlocality 14. de Broglie-Bohm delayed choice double-slit experiments and density matrix 15. Quantum mechanics for cosmologists 16. Bertlmann's socks and the nature of reality 17. On the impossible pilot wave 18. Speakable and unspeakable in quantum mechanics 19. Beables for quantum field theory 20. Six possible worlds of quantum mechanics 21. EPR correlations and EPR distributions 22. Are there quantum jumps? 23. Against 'measurement' 24. La Nouvelle cuisine.
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