Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics - Tapa dura

From the reviews of the second edition: "The author develops new chapters on many findings of recent research on the mind-body problem as well as their extrapolation to new and difficult technical and social areas. The book is highly recommended to physicists, mathematicians, social scientists, and intelligent general readers." (Albert A. Mullin, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1087, 2006)

The author is a quantum physicist who has given particularly careful thought to the implications of the theory that lies at the heart of modern physics. In this collection of papers, he focuses on the problem of consciousness. Taken together, these works reflect how Stapp's ideas have developed over more than 20 years, culminating in a theory that shows how a unified description of the physical and mental aspects of nature that account in principle for the full content of felt human experience is possible. The book is divided into four sections. The first contains an extended introduction written specially for the book. The second contains the key foundational and technical papers that present Stapp's theory, together with an exposition of the "orthodox" interpretation of quantum mechanics. The third contains general papers that deal with the implications of this theory for some of the most profound questions mankind asks itself.