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Roger Penrose

Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics · University of Oxford

Oxford, UK

Research Areas

ConsciousnessPhysicsQuantum Mind

About

Nobel Prize-winning mathematical physicist who proposed that consciousness arises from quantum processes in brain microtubules (Orchestrated Objective Reduction, with Hameroff). His work challenges computational theories of mind.

Publications

  • The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
  • Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness
  • The Road to Reality
  • Consciousness in the Universe: A Review of the Orch OR Theory

Related Guides

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)

Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.

Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)

Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.

Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)

The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.

Idealism in Philosophy of Mind

Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.

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