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reducing one pole to a mere function or aspect of the other (e.g. as is done in materialism and in
idealism). The key point is, however, that before the advent of the quantum theory, our knowledge of
matter as gained from the study of physics would have led us to deny that it could have a mental pole,
which would enable it to participate with mind in the relationship that have been described here. We can
now say that this knowledge of matter (as well as of mind) has changed in such a way as to support the
approach that has been described here. To pursue this approach further might perhaps enable us to
extend our knowledge of both poles into new domains.
Note
[1] See Marshall (1989, p. 73) for an account of an idea having important similarities with what has been
proposed here. He, too, uses the notion of a general quantum reality as a basis for the bodily and mental
realms, considered as inseparable sides or aspects. But he proposes to explain this from the quantum
theory as it now stands in its usual interpretation. However, in this paper we have used the causal
interpretation of the quantum theory with its additional concepts of particle trajectories and active
information, and have assumed that ultimately the relationship of mental and material sides can be
understood only by extending the scheme beyond the domain in which the current quantum theory is
valid.
For other recent attempts to consider the mind-matter relation in the light of the quantum theory, see
Penrose (1989) and Lockwood (1989). For a discussion of the notions of active information and
implicate order by a number of authors, see Pylkkanen (1989).
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