Unless We are Robots, Classical and Quantum Theories are Fundamentally Inadequate

Boyer, Robert W.

doi:10.14704/nq.2014.12.1.708

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“…In the holistic Vedic account, the gross parts naturally congealed into more complex wholes of intelligent biological 'selves' with power to direct their own behavior (Boyer, 2014). With more refined experiences in higher states, the subtler, interdependent, non-physical, nonlocal level associated more with sentience appears even more real than the local physical level.…”

Section: Top-down Diversification and Bottom-up Unificationmentioning

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Where is Nonlocality?

Boyer¹

2017

Neuroquantology

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Nonlocality has been supported by experimental evidence since the 1980s. This paper offers a theoretical framework for what and where it is, based on recent quantum field theories that identify three levels of nature: 1) finite local field of physical matter/energy; 2) infinite unified field; and 3) finite nonlocal field in-between. The inbetween level is where 'quantum mind' is placed; and for the first time in modern science, this allows a logically coherent model of how mind causally influences brain and behavior. Importantly, these three-level models are converging toward the ancient Vedic 3-in-1 holistic account of ontological levels of nature. They reflect revolutionary progress on foundational issues about the matter-mind-consciousness relationship.

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Section: Top-down Diversification and Bottom-up Unificationmentioning

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“…These models include a real place for mind to exist, from where it could actually cause change in the physical world. This would also mean free will is real (Boyer, 2014(Boyer, , 2011(Boyer, , 2009.…”

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Where is Nonlocality?

Boyer¹

2017

Neuroquantology

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“…Neither classical determinism nor random quantum indeterminism can accommodate real free will. Causally efficacious conscious intentions require processes outside of determinate physical and indeterminate quantum processes for real free choice (Boyer, 2014).…”

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A Further Review of ‘Orch OR’ Theory: The Universe in Consciousness

Boyer¹,

Hensley²

2015

Neuroquantology

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According to Hameroff and Penrose's 2014 review of their 'Orch OR' theory, "The nature of consciousness, the mechanism by which it occurs in the brain, and its ultimate place… are unknown." We propose that these issues are unknowable in their ultra-reductive approach. Their review completely left out the holistic view of consciousness as primary, even though it has been the most enduring view throughout history. Also, their review overlooked recent theories of an ontologically real nonlocal information field, a major step toward the holistic view. Reductive assumptions about physicalism, quantum wavefunction reduction, the mind/brain relationship, panpsychism, and the structure of the universe are reconsidered in light of the holistic view.

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“…If anything, the surging growth in the neurosciences and cognitive studies has sharpened interest in the problem. There has been a recent outpouring of materials on free will and determinism published in popular magazines (Bloom, 2014; Lawton & Churchland, 2013; Shariff & Vohs, 2014; Volk, 2013; Wilson, 2014; Yonck, 2013), academic journals (Boyer, 2014; Burns, 2014; Mills, 2013; Simonton, 2013), and books (Eagleman, 2011; Gazzaniga, 2011; Harris, 2012; Searl, 2007; Swinburne, 2011). There are few scholars, however, who can match the intensity of Freud’s little-known struggles with the issue.…”

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Necessity as a nightmare or as a pathway to freedom: Freud’s dilemma, a human dilemma.

Viney

Parker

2016

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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Contemporary interest in the neurosciences and cognitive studies has revitalized debates about the meanings and implications of free will and determinism. Dilemmas associated with the various positions remain relevant to a broad range of psychological theories and practices as well as to legal, moral, political, and religious beliefs and practices. Workable solutions to the issue remain as vexing and elusive as ever, partly because to date there is no concept of free will or determinism that does not do violence to some of the dimensions of ordinary human experience. For example, does a law-and-order, hard-wired, completely determined worldview foreclose on the possibility of any genuinely open future? On the other hand, are there self-generated autonomous activities entirely, or in any sense, free from material, formal, and social influences? This paper focuses on Freud's extensive but little-known struggles with the issue, particularly in the early years of his practice. Examining his work with fresh eyes uncovers intellectual minefields and meanings of freedom highly provocative, informative, and relevant to 21st century debates.

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Unless We are Robots, Classical and Quantum Theories are Fundamentally Inadequate

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Where is Nonlocality?

Where is Nonlocality?

A Further Review of ‘Orch OR’ Theory: The Universe in Consciousness

Necessity as a nightmare or as a pathway to freedom: Freud’s dilemma, a human dilemma.

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