Concept

Consciousness causes collapse

Overview

Interpretation of quantum mechanics in which consciousness is postulated to be necessary for the completion of the process of quantum measurement

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

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• Eugene Wigner
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• John von Neumann
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• Niels Bohr
• New Age
• Interactionism (philosophy of mind)
• Quantum mechanics
• Roger Penrose
• Werner Heisenberg
• Causal closure
• Big Bang
• Interpretations of quantum mechanics
• Consciousness
• Copenhagen interpretation
• Panpsychism
• Hilary Putnam
• Phenomenology (philosophy)
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• Solipsism
• Quantum superposition
• Evolution

Place in the tradition

Part of Interactionism (philosophy of mind).

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