Of Time & Experience

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to unpack the aphorism that reality is comprised of “actual occasions of experience” and see what conclusions can be drawn. It is proposed that ‘actual occasions’ are the totality of outcomes of quantum energy ‘measurements’, while ‘experience’ may be a term for the durational reciprocity of measurement processes. Implications of these attributions for cosmological dynamics are identified, followed by a discussion of their possible relevance to brain dynamics and associated experience. The principal conclusion is that refining this set of ideas might best be achieved through study of both apparent experiential anomalies and mind-associated physical anomalies.