Consciousness in Bohm’s Ontology

Bohm’s views on both quantum theory and consciousness changed over the course of his life, making it difficult to specify his exact views. Bohm proposed that a quantum particle was accompanied by a field or quantum potential that Bohm proposed as the central feature of his version of quantum theory. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘hidden variable’ or ‘pilot wave’ theory. In contrast to Neils Bohr and his Copenhagen interpretation, Bohm thought that the quantum level was real rather than a mathematical abstraction. For Bohm classical physics, with its separate objects and processes, was real but not fundamental. Bohr is seen as belonging to a Kantian tradition, in which the mind constructs the world, and nothing is actually known about the external world. He is close to the positivists in this respect. Scientific realists such as Bohm are opposed to the Kantian view. [Read more] ...