Quantum theory of consciousness

Abstract

The nature of consciousness, its occurrence in the brain and its ultimate place in the universe are unknown. Probably the most interesting attempt to create a quantum theory of consciousness is that of Roger Penrose (recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics) and an American anaesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff. They are both well known for their studies of consciousness and for the thesis that consciousness originates from quantum states in neural microtubules. The starting point for this article are the authors’ considerations contained in their joint work (Penrose & Hameroff, 2017). This paper also proposes an initial attempt to combine this theory with quantum logic.