Quantum Psychology
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Author | Robert Anton Wilson |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Consciousness, Psychology, Linguistics, Quantum mechanics |
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Publication date | 1990 |
Pages | 208 |
ISBN | 978-1561840717 |
OCLC | 42893837 |
Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You & Your World is a book written by science-fiction writer Robert Anton Wilson, originally published in 1990.[1] It deals with what Wilson himself calls "quantum psychology,"[2] which is not a field within academic psychology.
Some[who?] consider Quantum Psychology a follow-up to Wilson's earlier volume Prometheus Rising, mainly for the presence of practical exercises to demonstrate its concepts at the end of each chapter (this time intended for groups rather than a lone reader). It focuses primarily on the metaphysical and epistemological problems of Aristotelean reasoning and its use in everyday language, covering E-Prime (Wilson wrote the book in E-Prime) and how it addresses many of the semantic (and resulting perceptual) "spooks" that common language lets in.
It also covers psychosomatic healing and a possible explanation for it; non-local effects in quantum physics (Bell's theorem) and the theories of David Bohm; and a brief recap of the Timothy Leary eightfold consciousness theory of human consciousness which Prometheus Rising covers in greater detail.
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- 1990 non-fiction books
- General semantics
- Consciousness studies
- Books by Robert Anton Wilson
- Quantum mind