The Unconscious as Infinite Sets: An Essay in Bi-Logic

Blanco, Ignacio Matte; Rayner, Eric

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“…Instead, the most complete formulation and application in clinical psychology (until now) is found in the work of Blanco [45][46][47][48], where it is called Bi-logic. Since in QM the law of the excluded middle is not valid, so that a cat can be both alive and dead [121,122], at a fundamental level, quantum logic is non-Aristotelian and we propose to identify it with Blanco's Bi-logic.…”

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“…Since Bi-logic [45][46][47][48] can be likened to a quantum-classical worldview and there are already models supporting the quantum-classical nature of the brain , the idea of developing models by means of an explicit quantum-classical theory naturally arises. Our parallelism between Bi-logic [45][46][47][48].…”

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“…With respect to this, the central theorem of cybernetics, due to Conant and Ashby, states that "every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system" [52]. Therefore, given that logic, in accordance with the current theories of the human psyche [45][46][47][48], has a bipartite 'quantum-classical' structure, a clear quantum-classical theory adopted as "regulator" model of the brain activity complies with this theorem . We wish to remark, in passing, that any advancement of such an approach, would produce a significant consolidation of the quantum-like models of cognition developed in the past years [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61].…”

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“…However, the study of the human psyche and its applications in clinical psychology [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] seem to strongly support a quantum-classical modelization of brain dynamics going beyond the one adopted in Refs. .…”

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“…. We will discuss how psychological processes can be structured on two different kinds of logic [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. One form of logic is called Aristotelian and it is basically the logic one applies to understand classical reality.…”

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The study of the human psyche has elucidated a bipartite structure of cognition reflecting the quantum-classical nature of any process that generates knowledge and learning governed by brain activity. Acknowledging the importance of such a finding for modelization, we posit an approach to study brain by means of the quantum-classical dynamics of a Mixed Weyl symbol. The Mixed Weyl symbol is used to describe brain processes at the microscopic level and, when averaged over an appropriate ensemble, provides a link to the results of measurements made at the mesoscopic scale. Within this approach, quantum variables (such as,for example, nuclear and electron spins, dipole momenta of particles or molecules, tunneling degrees of freedom, etc may be represented by spinors while the electromagnetic fields and phonon modes involved in the processes are treated either classically or semi-classically, by also considering quantum zero-point fluctuations. Zero-point quantum effects can be incorporated into numerical simulations by controlling the temperature of each field mode via coupling to a dedicated Nosè-Hoover chain thermostat. The temperature of each thermostat is chosen in order to reproduce quantum statistics in the canonical ensemble. In this first paper, we introduce a quantum-classical model of brain dynamics, clarifying its mathematical strucure and focusing the discussion on its predictive value. Analytical consequences of the model are not reported in this paper, since they are left for future work. Our treatment incorporates compatible features of three well-known quantum approaches to brain dynamics - namely the electromagnetic field theory approach, the orchestrated objective reduction theory, and the dissipative quantum model of the brain - and hints at convincing arguments that sustain the existence of quantum-classical processes in the brain activity. All three models are reviewed.

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