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The Being/Brain Problem
Gordon Globus1
Abstract
The unresolved and seemingly unresolvable consciousness/brain and
qualia/brain problems are bracketed in order to focus on the neglected
Being/brain problem. How might our experience of Being—the very
presencing of world—be explained in terms of brain functioning, without
bringing in the miasma of consciousness and qualia? A thermodynamical theory
of quantum brain dynamics (QBD) offers an answer. Thermofield QBD as
developed here proposes dual quantum modes: 1) the ~mode retains traces of
past successful recognitions, and 2) a non~ mode that expresses the current
sensory input The dual quantum modes share the vacuum state, which is their
between. Ontological primacy goes not to the dual quantum modes but to
their vacuum state between. Being is disclosed in the unique state of this
entre-deux, the between-two in which the dual modes of QBD
belong-together in a ~conjugate match. Philosophical implications are
discussed.
Keywords
being, consciousness, dualism, Maya, monadology, qualia, quantum brain dynamics, thermofield dynamics
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