?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+possible+quantum+basis+of+panpsychism&rft.creator=Gao%2C+Shan&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=We+show+that+consciousness+may+violate+the+basic+quantum+principle%2C+according+to+which+the+nonorthogonal+quantum+states+can't+be+distinguished.+This+implies+that+the+physical+world+is+not+causally+closed+without+consciousness%2C+and+consciousness+is+a+fundamental+property+of+matter%2C+thus+provides+a+possible+quantum+basis+for+panpsychism.&rft.date=2003-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3064%2F1%2Fqpan.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gao%2C+Shan++(2003)+A+possible+quantum+basis+of+panpsychism.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3064%2F