Back to the question of ontology (and metaphysics)

JRB Arenhart, RW Arroyo - Manuscrito, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
We articulate a distinction between ontology, understood as involving existence questions,
and metaphysics, understood as either providing for metaphysical profiles of entities or else …

Between physics and metaphysics: A discussion of the status of mind in quantum mechanics

RW Arroyo, JRB Arenhart - Quanta and Mind: Essays on the Connection …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract We discuss the 'Consciousness Causes Collapse Hypothesis'(CCCH), the
interpretation of quantum mechanics according to which consciousness solves the …

Against 'interpretation': Quantum mechanics beyond syntax and semantics

RW Arroyo, GO da Silva - Axiomathes, 2022 - Springer
The question “what is an interpretation?” is often intertwined with the perhaps even harder
question “what is a scientific theory?”. Given this proximity, we try to clarify the first question …

The person as an extended field: Querying the ontological binaries and dominant “container” metaphor at the core of psychology

T Lomas - New Ideas in Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
The Western-centricity of psychology means it has inherited some of the key ontological
categories and distinctions at the heart of Western cultures. This paper identifies four such …

On physics, metaphysics, and metametaphysics

JRB Arenhart, RW Arroyo - Metaphilosophy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics (QM) works perfectly well for all practical purposes. Once
one admits, however, that a successful scientific theory is supposed not only to make …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of Quantum Consciousness that Synchronizes Quantum Mechanics with Relativity—Perspective of a New Model of Consciousness

SP Kodukula - Journal of Modern Physics, 2021 - scirp.org
Synchronization of quantum mechanics with relativity has been considered differently from
the present quantum gravity models. It is originated from the roots of philosophy of physics …

The Dead-Alive Physicist Experiment: A Case-Study Against the Hypothesis that Consciousness Causes the Wave-Function Collapse in the Quantum Mechanical …

C Roselli, BR Stella - Foundations of Physics, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to refute the hypothesis that the observer's consciousness is
necessary in the quantum mechanics measurement process. In order to achieve our target …

[PDF][PDF] Problemas de metafísica analítica.

RRL Cid, G Imaguire - 2020 - guaiaca.ufpel.edu.br
É claro que essa coletânea está longe de apresentar exaustivamente todos os tópicos da
metafísica. Tentamos selecionar e organizar os textos da forma mais fluida possível, de …

Could the sheep-goat effect be the manifestation of attentional-phase dependent mind-matter modulation?

D Piao - Physics Essays, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
The sheep-goat effect of psi cannot be explained without considering mind of specific states.
This work speculates mind-matter interaction, as was inferred by many including Erwin …

[HTML][HTML] LOVE AND ESSENCE IN SPINOZA'S ETHICS

NL Ayalon - Manuscrito, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Several questions regarding Spinoza's concept of essence have been the topic of recent
scholarly debate. In this paper, I show that the connection between love, desire and essence …