The Problem of Conscious Observation in Quantum Mechanical Description
| dc.creator | Zeh, H. D. | |
| dc.date | 1999-08-28 | |
| dc.date | 2000-06-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:16:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:16:54Z | |
| dc.description | Epistemological consequences of quantum nonlocality (entanglement) are discussed under the assumption of a universally valid Schrödinger equation in the absence of hidden variables. This leads inevitably to a {\it many-minds interpretation}. The recent foundation of quasi-classical neural states in the brain (based on environmental decoherence) permits in principle a formal description of the whole chain of measurement interactions, including the {\it behavior} of conscious observers, without introducing any intermediate classical concepts (for macroscopic "pointer states") or "observables" (for microscopic particle positions and the like) --- thus consistently formalizing Einstein's {\it ganzer langer Weg} from the observed to the observer in quantum mechanical terms. | |
| dc.description | Published version: new abstract, minor changes, some new references. 14 pages, Latex | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908084 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908084 | |
| dc.identifier | Found.Phys.Lett. 13 (2000) 221-233 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94222 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | The Problem of Conscious Observation in Quantum Mechanical Description | |
| dc.type | text |