Broka, Chris (2016) Consciousness and Quantum Measurement. [Preprint]

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Abstract

A variant of the von Neumann-Wigner Interpretation is proposed. It does not make use of the familiar language of wave functions
and observers. Instead it pictures the state of the physical world as a vector in a Fock space and, therefore not, literally, a
function of any spacetime coordinates. And, rather than segregating consciousness into individual points of view (each carrying
with it a sense of its proper time), this model proposes only unitary states of consciousness, Q(t), where t represents a fiducial
time with respect to which both the state of the physical world and the state of consciousness evolve. This would seem to impose
a preferred Lorentz frame on the world. But it will be argued that no physical violations of relativity are engendered thereby.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Broka, Chris chris.broka@gmail.com
Keywords:	quantum mechanics interpretation fock space consciousness
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	dr. chris broka
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2016 14:27
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2016 14:27
Item ID:	12272
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	30 June 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12272

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