Dean Rickles is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney, where he is also Co-Director of the University's interdisciplinary Centre of Time. His recent books include: Quantum Gravity and Computation: Information, Pregeometry, and Digital Physics (co-edited with Xerxes Arsiwalla and Hatem Elshatlawy; Routledge, 2025), Varieties of Nothingness (co-edited with Leslie Stein; Chiron 2024); Dual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning (co-authored with Harald Atmanspacher; Routledge 2022); and Life is Short (Princeton, 2022). He was awarded a Royal Society (NSW) Medal for his work on quantum gravity.

• 1.Orientation.- Part I Body.- 2. The Hard Problem of Consciousness.- 3.Measuring Consciousness.- Part II Mind.- 4. Kinds of Minds.- 5. The Mind and the World.- Part III Spirit.- The Self.- Mystical Experiences and Altered States.- 8. Concluding Remarks.

Dean Rickles is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney, where he is also Co-Director of the University's interdisciplinary Centre of Time. His recent books include: Quantum Gravity and Computation: Information, Pregeometry, and Digital Physics (co-edited with Xerxes Arsiwalla and Hatem Elshatlawy; Routledge, 2025), Varieties of Nothingness (co-edited with Leslie Stein; Chiron 2024); Dual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning (co-authored with Harald Atmanspacher; Routledge 2022); and Life is Short (Princeton, 2022). He was awarded a Royal Society (NSW) Medal for his work on quantum gravity.

• 1.Orientation.- Part I Body.- 2. The Hard Problem of Consciousness.- 3.Measuring Consciousness.- Part II Mind.- 4. Kinds of Minds.- 5. The Mind and the World.- Part III Spirit.- The Self.- Mystical Experiences and Altered States.- 8. Concluding Remarks.

Dean Rickles is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney, where he is also Co-Director of the University's interdisciplinary Centre of Time. His recent books include: Quantum Gravity and Computation: Information, Pregeometry, and Digital Physics (co-edited with Xerxes Arsiwalla and Hatem Elshatlawy; Routledge, 2025), Varieties of Nothingness (co-edited with Leslie Stein; Chiron 2024); Dual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning (co-authored with Harald Atmanspacher; Routledge 2022); and Life is Short (Princeton, 2022). He was awarded a Royal Society (NSW) Medal for his work on quantum gravity.

• 1.Orientation.- Part I Body.- 2. The Hard Problem of Consciousness.- 3.Measuring Consciousness.- Part II Mind.- 4. Kinds of Minds.- 5. The Mind and the World.- Part III Spirit.- The Self.- Mystical Experiences and Altered States.- 8. Concluding Remarks.