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Annotated Bibliography Albert, David Z. (1992). Quantum Mechanics and Experience. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. Albert uses a combination of intuitive and interesting thought experiments, coupled with a conceptual abstraction from the math of quantum mechanics, to engage in a profound exploration of the consequences of the quantum reality. Aquinas, Thomas, St. (2009). Questiones Disputatae de Veritate (Robert W. Mulligan, S.J., James V. McGlynn, S.J. Robert W. Schmidt, S.J. Trans.) (Joseph Kenny, O.P. Ed.). Retrieved 3/29/2009 from http://www.diafrica.org/kenny/CDtexts/QDdeVer.htm. St. Thomas’ dissertation on truth and knowledge. ------------------------- (2008). Summa Theologica (Fathers of the English Dominican Province Trans.) (Kevin Knight Ed.). Retrieved 3/29/2009 from http://www.newadvent.org/summa/. St. Thomas’ comprehensive work on theology. Collins, John E. (1991). Mysticism and New Paradigm Psychology. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Collins provides a basis for dialogue by demonstrating that his description of mysticism is similar to and compatible with the new scientific explanation of human psychological processes known as new-paradigm psychology, those branches of scientific psychology that attempt to take seriously some of the insights and conclusions of quantum and relativity theories, and thus avoid the materialistic reductionism of most modern scientific theories. Jung, C.G. (1954). Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious. In William McGuire (Ed.), The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious Collected Works Vol. 9 (R.F.C. Hull Trans.) (pp. 3 - 41). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Jung’s mature theory of the archetypes – their origin, function and relevance to psychopathology and psychotherapy. ------------ (1952). Synchronicity. In William McGuire (Ed.), The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche: Including “Synchronicity an Acausal Connecting Principle” Collected Works Vol. 8 (R.F.C. Hull Trans.) (pp. 417 - 519). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Jung’s controversial theory of “synchronicity” which posits an ontological connection between events in reality and man’s knowledge of it. ------------ (1931).“The Structure of the Psyche” In William McGuire (Ed.), The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche: Including “Synchronicity an Acausal Connecting Principle” Collected Works Vol. 8 (R.F.C. Hull Trans.) (pp. 139 - 158). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. An early essay of Jung’s on the topography of the human psyche. It includes speculation on “acausal” phenomena. Kafatos, Menas and Nadeau, R. (1990). The Conscious Universe: Part and Whole in
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Modern Physical Theory. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. A discussion of the current state of quantum mechanics, Bell’s theorem and their consequences for how we view human consciousness and it’s relationship to physical reality. Kuhn, Thomas S. (1970). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. (2nd Ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. The groundbreaking work on a postmodern “weltanschuung” view of the philosophy of science. Kuhn argues that science is not the steady, cumulative acquisition of knowledge that it is often portrayed to be but is rather a series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions in each of which, one conceptual worldview is replaced by another. Milbank, John. (1993). Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason (2nd Ed.). Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. A postmodern, systematic theology, which traces the roots of the secular to the theology of Bl. Duns Scotus. Milbank deconstructs the roots of modernity in secular reason and argues for a return to the medieval hierarchy of sciences developed by the Scholastics. ----------------- (1997). The Word Made Strange: Theology, Language and Culture. Cambridge, MA:Blackwell. Milbank provides a theological account of language and suggests that this offers a unique construal of the ‘meaning of meaning’. He suggests that the incarnate divine word is always mediated by human discourses, yet registers its presence by transfiguring these discourse down to the very roots. Milbank, John and Pickstock, C. (2001). Truth in Aquinas. New York, NY: Routledge. A postmodern reading of St. Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine of truth and knowledge in De Veritate and the Summa Theologica. Pickstock, Catherine. (1998). After Writing: On the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Pickstock provides a significant rethinking of Christian understandings of language, temporal and bodily life, and notions of the presence of God. Through a detailed reading of Phaedrus, the medieval Roman Rite, and a discussion of the theology of the Eucharist, she indicates directions for the restoration of a “liturgical and doxological” reading of the world. Ripperger, Chad. (2003). Introduction to the Science of Mental Health, Vol. 1-3 (2nd Ed.). Lincoln, NE:Fraternity Publications. Fr. Ripperger explores the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas in order to develop a Thomistically grounded science of mental health. Rosenblum, Bruce and Cutter F. (2006). Quantum enigma: physics encounters consciousness. New York, NY:Oxford Press. The authors discuss the theory of quantum mechanics, which in its deepest understanding, presents a situation, which the authors refer to as the "quantum enigma." The "situation" raises fundamental questions regarding the nature of what we commonly call "reality."
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Smith, Wolfgang. (2005). The Quantum Enigma: Finding the Hidden Key. (3rd Ed.). Hillsdale, NY:Sophia Perennis. An exploration of the theory of quantum mechanics and the “Copenhagen interpretation” from the framework of a Thomist philosophy.