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From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: Consciousness & Quantum Mechanics
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 95 20:19:29 +0200 (CET DST)

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Subject: (4) Announcement: Call for Commentaries, PSYCHE

CALL FOR COMMENTARIES

PSYCHE, an interdisciplinary electronic journal of research on
consciousness, published on May 16 the article:

"Why Classical Mechanics Cannot Naturally Accommodate Consciousness But
Quantum Mechanics Can" by Henry Stapp

We invite your views on this article.

Below is the abstract of the article which has been selected as the
subject of a round of commentaries. If you are interested in
contributing to the discussion, please contact me within the next few
days and the Stapp article will be forwarded to you.

Scott Hagan
McGill University


WHY CLASSICAL MECHANICS CANNOT NATURALLY ACCOMMODATE CONSCIOUSNESS BUT
QUANTUM MECHANICS CAN

Henry P. Stapp
Theoretical Physics Group
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720
U.S.A.

ftp://ftp.cs.monash.edu.au/psyche/psyche-95-2-1-QM_stapp-1-stapp.txt
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/psyche/public/volume2-1/
       psyche-95-2-1-QM_stapp-1-stapp.html

ABSTRACT: It is argued on the basis of certain mathematical
characteristics that classical mechanics is not constitutionally suited
to accommodate consciousness, whereas quantum mechanics is. These
mathematical characteristics pertain to the nature of the information
represented in the state of the brain, and the way this information
enters into the dynamics.

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David S. Stodolsky      Euromath Center     University of Copenhagen
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