Quanta and Mind

J. Acacio de Barros is a physicist working on the foundations of quantum mechanics, philosophy of physics, and psychology. His interests are interdisciplinary, and focus mainly on different formalisms to describe contextual systems, both in quantum mechanics and areas outside of physics, such as in decision-making and psychology. Dr. de Barros has held visiting positions at the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (Stanford University), Center for the Study of Language and Information (Stanford University), and at the Interdisciplinary Logic Group at COPPE (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and is currently Professor at the School of Humanities and Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University. Dr. de Barros is a Corresponding Member of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy. Carlos Montemayor is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Minding Time: A Philosophical and Theoretical Approach to the Psychology of Time (2013; Brill), Consciousness, Attention, and Conscious Attention (with H. H. Haladjian, 2015; MIT Press) and Knowledge, Dexterity, and Attention: A Theory of Epistemic Agency (with Abrol Fairweather, 2017; Cambridge University Press).

Foreword.- Preface.- Part I. Quanta informs Mind. 1. Free Will in a Quantum World? (Valia Allori).- 2. Mind and Matter (Marcus Appleby).- 3. Between physics and metaphysics: a discussion of the status of mind in quantum mechanics (Raoni Arroyo and Jonas Arenhardt).- 4. Bridges between Classical and Quantum (L. P. G. De Assis).- 5. Where does quanta meet mind? (J. Acacio de Barros).- 6. Quantum Schmuntum? (Pawel Kurzyn ski and Dagomir Kaszlikowski).- 7. A Quantum Model of Non-Illusory Free Will (Kathryn Blackmond Laskey).- 8. Bohmian Philosophy of Mind? (Peter J. Lewis).- 9. Mind and matter: Two entangled parallel time-lines, one reconstructing the past in remembering, the other extrapolating into the future in predicting (Giuseppe Vitiello).- Part II. Mind informs Quanta. 10. Contextuality Revisited - Signaling May Differ From Communicating (Harald Atmanspacher and Thomas Filk).- 11. Is There a Place for Consciousness in Quantum Mechanics? (Otávio Bueno).- 12. Quantum mechanics and consciousness: some views from a novice (Emmanuel Haven).- 13. Panpsychism and Quantum Mechanics: Explanatory Challenges (Carlos Montemayor).- 14. Quantum theory and the place of mind in the causal order of things (Paavo Pylkkanen).- 15. Introspection and Superposition (Paul Skokowski).- Part III. Quanta and Mind informs worldviews. 16. Absolute present, Zen and Schrödinger's One Mind (Peter D. Bruza and  Brentyn Ramm).- 17. Semantic gaps and protosemantics (Benj Hellie).- 18. The Observer and Access to Information in the Quantum Universe (Menas C. Kafatos and Ashok Narasimhan).- 19. Unifying Decision-Making: a Review on Evolutionary Theories on Rationality and Cognitive Biases (Catarina Moreira).- 20. "Time is out of Joint:" Consciousness, Temporality, and Probability in Quantum Theory (Arkady Plotnitsky).