There is an underlying assumption in the social sciences that consciousness and social life
are ultimately classical physical/material phenomena. In this ground-breaking book …

Some notable scholars argue that traditional African worldview is a backward-looking belief
system that proves to be irreconcilable with mainstream science. The contention is such that …

In this paper we examine some proposals to disprove the hypothesis that the interaction
between mind and matter causes the collapse of the wave function, showing that such …

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Quantum indeterminism is frequently invoked as a solution to the problem of how a
disembodied soul might interact with the brain (as Descartes proposed), and is sometimes …

Our conscious minds exist in the Universe, therefore they should be identified with physical
states that are subject to physical laws. In classical theories of mind, the mental states are …

Complex dynamical systems (CDS) are providing a new way of understanding nature.
Complexity needs the interplay of different levels in reality and a redefinition of the epistemic …

In recent decades, progress in the field of neurosciences has triggered an interest in
understanding mind-brain relationships. Quantum Mechanics (QM) has been present in the …

A new interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM) shows that all of the baffling behavior of
fundamental particles that make QM so hard to comprehend are consistent with the behavior …

Let me start with my gratitude to Angela Lahee, my book editor at Springer Physics, for her
competent support, including the constructive and inspiring discussions we had. The book in …