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Cерия: Философия</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2302</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8900</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">37143</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2302-2023-27-4-901-914</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">SOKBBK</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND NEUROSCIENCE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ФИЛОСОФИЯ СОЗНАНИЯ И НЕЙРОНАУКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Quantum Concept of Consciousness: For or Against?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Квантовая концепция сознания: за или против?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1956-7229</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Knyazev</surname><given-names>Victor N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Князев</surname><given-names>Виктор Николаевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>DSc in Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Philosophy</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор философских наук, профессор, профессор кафедры философии</p></bio><email>kvn951@inbox.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9700-2853</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Parshikova</surname><given-names>Galina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Паршикова</surname><given-names>Галина Васильевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Humanitarian and Social Disciplines</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат философских наук, доцент, кафедра гуманитарных и социальных дисциплин</p></bio><email>parshikovagalina@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State Pedagogical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский педагогический государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University MPEI</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «МЭИ»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Bryansk State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Брянский государственный технический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND NEUROSCIENCE</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ФИЛОСОФИЯ СОЗНАНИЯ И НЕЙРОНАУКИ</issue-title><fpage>901</fpage><lpage>914</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-12-20"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Knyazev V.N., Parshikova G.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Князев В.Н., Паршикова Г.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Knyazev V.N., Parshikova G.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Князев В.Н., Паршикова Г.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/37143">https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/37143</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The study examines a problematic hypothesis of possible approaches to identifying the quantum physical foundations of the functioning of consciousness. The authors proceed from the fact that in modern conditions, not a single science, nor all sciences taken together, gives a final answer to the question of the “mechanism” of the origin of thought. However, this does not mean at all that research in this direction needs to be stopped. The authors express confidence that modern and subsequent research into the “quantum concept of consciousness” will lead to the identification of previously unknown patterns, opening the way to the formation of new principles and approaches. As an example, the corresponding Penrose - Hameroff concept is considered. Quantum mechanics complements the tools of neurobiology and other branches of neuroscience, which together form an interdisciplinary field of knowledge that is dynamically growing and developing. The authors are not apologists for the omnipotence of quantum physics. Quantum correlates of consciousness actually mean that it is not today’s quantum mechanics itself that explains the emergence of mental states, but the fact that in the birth of these states it is essential that in the very process of the formation of neurodynamic impulses in the neurons of the cerebral cortex that generate mental states, there are processes of quantum nature. It should also be recognized that the quantum-molecular level (nanolevel) of processes in the neurons of the brain really exists and it is this that is the source of proto-consciousness. Science strives to move forward, new research programs are emerging within the framework of quantum biology, quantum psychology, quantum information science, which in turn can shed light on the hypothesis of the “quantum concept of consciousness.”</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Рассматривается проблемная гипотеза возможных подходов к выявлению квантово-физических оснований функционирования сознания. Авторы исходят из того, что в современных условиях ни одна наука, ни все науки вместе взятые не дают окончательного ответа на вопрос о «механизме» происхождения мысли. Однако это совершенно не означает того, что исследования в этом направлении необходимо остановить. Авторы выражают уверенность в том, что современные и последующие исследования «квантовой концепции сознания» приведут к выявлению ранее неизвестных закономерностей, открывающих путь к формированию новых принципов и подходов. В качестве примера рассматривается соответствующая концепция Пенроуза - Хамероффа. Квантовая механика дополняет инструментарий нейробиологии и других отраслей нейронауки, которые в совокупности формируют междисциплинарную область знаний, динамически растущую и развивающуюся. Авторы не являются апологетами всесилия квантовой физики. Квантовые корреляты сознания фактически означают, что не сама по себе сегодняшняя квантовая механика объясняет возникновение ментальных состояний, а то, что в рождении этих состояний существенно то, что в самом процессе становления нейродинамических импульсов в нейронах коры головного мозга, порождающих ментальные состояния, лежат процессы квантовой природы. Следует также признать, что квантово-молекулярный уровень (наноуровень) процессов в нейронах головного мозга реально существует, и именно он является истоком протосознания. Наука стремится идти вперед, появляются новые исследовательские программы в рамках квантовой биологии, квантовой психологии, квантовой информатики, которые в свою очередь могут проливать свет на гипотезу «квантовой концепции сознания».</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>mental states</kwd><kwd>Penrose — Hameroff theoretical hypothesis</kwd><kwd>Mensky concept</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ментальные состояния</kwd><kwd>теоретическая гипотеза Пенроуза —  Хамероффа</kwd><kwd>концепция Менского</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Axel R. Q&amp;A. Neuron. 2018;99:1110.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Axel R. Q&amp;A // Neuron. 2018. Vol. 99. Р. 1110.</mixed-citation></citation-alternatives></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Hameroff S, Penrose R. 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