Quanta and Qualia

Kent, A

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Authors

Kent, A

Publication Date

2016-08-17

Journal Title

Foundations of Physics

ISSN

0015-9018

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Pages

1021-1037

Type

Article

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Kent, A. (2016). Quanta and Qualia. Foundations of Physics, 48 (9), 1021-1037. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-018-0193-9

Abstract

I sketch a line of thought about consciousness and physics that gives some motivation for the hypothesis that conscious observers deviate - perhaps only very subtly and slightly - from quantum dynamics. Although it is hard to know just how much credence to give this line of thought, it does motivate a stronger and more comprehensive programme of quantum experiments involving quantum observers.

Keywords

quant-ph, quant-ph, physics.hist-ph, physics.pop-ph

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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-018-0193-9

This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280049

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Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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