The Fermionic Mind

A Thermodynamic Approach to Consciousness, Evolution, and the Cosmos
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-163446-3
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm

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This book presents a framework for an operating universe that can evolve biology, intelligence, and society without requiring extremely specific initial conditions. In this framework, consciousness emerges as a thermodynamically favored attractor. This account of ourselves as conscious beings is consistent with how the physical world is and it aligns with humanity's deep-seated, ancient intuition. While it is not guaranteed, this cosmic evolution toward consciousness is likely to occur wherever conditions permit, making it significantly more probable than random chance. However, Earth's history represents a specific and unique path.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deli, Eva Katalin

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Differentialrechnungen und -gleichungen

Über Autor(innen)

Eva Deli, Ph.D., is a research fellow at the University of Debrecen. A Hungarian-American neuroscientist, she has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals spanning biochemistry, cosmology, evolution, and neuroscience. She has held positions at leading institutions including the University of Minnesota and Emory University. Her visual arts training informs her ability to visualize connections in neuroscience, biology, and foundational principles of physics. She is the originator of the fermionic mind hypothesis, a theoretical framework proposing that consciousness is an intrinsic feature of the physical universe, governed by the same laws as other natural phenomena — with broad implications for the mathematical understanding of mind and biology.