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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 -- Conclusions -- [APPENDICES.] Gazzaniga's The ethical brain -- Von Neumann: knowledge, information, and entropy -- Wigner's friend and consciousness in quantum theory -- Orthodox interpretation and the mind-brain connection -- Locality in physics -- Einstein locality and spooky action at a distance -- Nonlocality in the quantum world -- References -- Index. |
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