Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics

This is the first volume to provide a comprehensive review and thorough analysis of the connection between consciousness and quantum mechanics. Written by leading experts in physics, philosophy, and cognitive science, Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics will be of value to students and researchers working on the foundations of quantum mechanics and philosophy of mind.

Shan Gao is Professor of Philosophy at the Research Center for Philosophy of Science and Technology, Shanxi University. He is the founder and managing editor of the International Journal of Quantum Foundations and is the author of several books, including the recent monograph The Meaning of the Wave Function: In Search of the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics (2017). His research focuses on the philosophy of physics, especially the foundations of quantum mechanics. He also has interests in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science.

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part I. Consciousness and Wave Function Collapse
Chapter 1: Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function
Chapter 2: The Subjective-Objective Collapse Model: Virtues and Challenges
Chapter 3: Quantum Mentality: Panpsychism and Panintentionalism
Chapter 4: Perception Constraints on Mass-Dependent Spontaneous Localization
Part II. Consciousness in Quantum Theories
Chapter 5: Quantum Mechanics and the Consciousness Constraint
Chapter 6: Against "Experience"
Chapter 7: Why physics should care about the mind, and how to think about it without worrying about the mind-body problem
Chapter 8: Why Mind Matters in Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 9: The Nature of Belief in No-Collapse Everett Interpretations
Chapter 10: The Completeness of Quantum Mechanics and the Determinateness and Consistency of Intersubjective Experience: Wigner's Friend and Delayed Choice
Chapter 11: The Roles Ascribed to Consciousness in Quantum Physics: A Revelator of Dualist (or Quasi-Dualist) Prejudice
Chapter 12: Proposal to Use Humans to Switch Settings in a Bell Experiment
Part III. Quantum Approaches to Consciousness
Chapter 13: New Physics for the Orch-OR Consciousness Proposal
Chapter 14: Orch OR and the Quantum Biology of Consciousness
Chapter 15: Can Quantum Mechanics Solve the Hard Problem of Consciousness?
Chapter 16: Strange Trails: Science to Metaphysics
Chapter 17: On the Place of Qualia in a Relational Universe
Bibliography
Index