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A strong theory of consciousness would subsume material reality, the so-called “laws” of the physical universe, and the “not so constant” universal constants<ref>Rupert Sheldrake, Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-ItYourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (Vermont: Park Street Press, 2002).</ref> within its explanatory rubric. | A strong theory of consciousness would subsume material reality, the so-called “laws” of the physical universe, and the “not so constant” universal constants<ref>Rupert Sheldrake, Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-ItYourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (Vermont: Park Street Press, 2002).</ref> within its explanatory rubric. | ||
In similar spirit, we also reject the popular presumption that all modes of human information processing are completely executed within the physiological brain, and that all experiential sensations are epiphenomena of the biophysical and biochemical states thereof. Rather, we shall regard the brain as a neurologically localized utility that serves a much more extended “mind,” or “psyche,” or “consciousness,” that far transcends the brain in its capacity, range, endurance, and subtlety of operation, and that is far more sophisticated than a mere antenna for information acquisition, or a silo for its storage.…<ref>R.G. Jahn and B.J. Dunne, “Sensors, Filters, and the Source of Reality,” ''EXPLORE'' 3, no. 3 (May 1, 2007): 327, doi:10.1016/j.explore.2007.03.018.</ref> | |||
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A Strong Theory of Consciousness locates Consciousness as the source of reality, the centre of reality, and the prime mobile of all creation.[1]
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A strong theory of consciousness would subsume material reality, the so-called “laws” of the physical universe, and the “not so constant” universal constants[2] within its explanatory rubric.
In similar spirit, we also reject the popular presumption that all modes of human information processing are completely executed within the physiological brain, and that all experiential sensations are epiphenomena of the biophysical and biochemical states thereof. Rather, we shall regard the brain as a neurologically localized utility that serves a much more extended “mind,” or “psyche,” or “consciousness,” that far transcends the brain in its capacity, range, endurance, and subtlety of operation, and that is far more sophisticated than a mere antenna for information acquisition, or a silo for its storage.…[3]
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- ↑ Mike Sosteric, “The Death of Newton: Consciousness, Spirituality, and the Second Scientific Revolution” 2019, https://www.academia.edu/114664232/.
- ↑ Rupert Sheldrake, Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-ItYourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (Vermont: Park Street Press, 2002).
- ↑ R.G. Jahn and B.J. Dunne, “Sensors, Filters, and the Source of Reality,” EXPLORE 3, no. 3 (May 1, 2007): 327, doi:10.1016/j.explore.2007.03.018.
