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This chapter first reviews strands of work in philosophy, psychology and physics which, taken together, undermine the world-views of both the Cartesian duality of body and soul, and the mechanistic picture of a system governed only by universal deterministic law. Starting from an alternative polarity suggested by recent work in psychology and using established ideas from modern quantum physics, a provisional structure is presented for an alternative world view. The consequences of this for future research are indicated.
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Clarke, C. (2012). No-Collapse Physics and Consciousness. In: Moreira-Almeida, A., Santana Santos, F. (eds) Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship. Mindfulness in Behavioral Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0647-1_4
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