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6The unreasonable success of quantum probability II: Quantum measurements as universal measurementsJournal of Mathematical Psychology 67 76-90. 2015.ARRAY(0x55e472136fb0)
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3The unreasonable success of quantum probability I: Quantum measurements as uniform fluctuationsJournal of Mathematical Psychology 67 51-75. 2015.ARRAY(0x55e472136f20)
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37Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture: A Non-Adaptationist, Systems Theoretical Approach (edited book)Springer. 2006.For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course there have been excellent conferences on Evolutionary Epistemology in the past, as well as numerous conferences on the topics of Language and Culture. However, until now these disciplines had not been brought together into one all-encompassing conference.…Read more
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Worldviews, Science and Us: Bridging Knowledge and Its Implications for Our Perspectives of the World (edited book)World Scientific. 2011.
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18Probing The Meaning Of Quantum Mechanics: Probability, Metaphysics, Explanation And Measurement (edited book)World Scientific. 2023.Quantum theory is perhaps our best confirmed theory for a description of the physical properties of nature. On top of demonstrating great empirical effectiveness, many technological developments in the 20th century (such as the interpretation of the periodic table of elements, CD players, holograms, and quantum state teleportation) were only made possible with Quantum theory.Despite its success in the past decades, even today it still remains without a universally accepted interpretation.This bo…Read more
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16Quantum Theory Methods as a Possible Alternative for the Double-Blind Gold Standard of Evidence-Based Medicine: Outlining a New Research ProgramFoundations of Science 24 (2): 217-225. 2019.We motivate the possibility of using notions and methods derived from quantum physics, and more specifically from the research field known as ‘quantum cognition’, to optimally model different situations in the field of medicine, its decision-making processes and ensuing practices, particularly in relation to chronic and rare diseases. This also as a way to devise alternative approaches to the generally adopted double-blind gold standard.
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De woorden en de mensenIn Suzan Langenberg & Academie Leo Beyers Voor Kunsten En Leefwetenschappen (eds.), Debat 21, Acco. 1997.
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6The theory of Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces with variable integrability is experiencing a steady expansion, and is the subject of much vigorous research by functional analysts, function-space analysts and specialists in nonlinear analysis. These spaces have attracted attention not only because of their intrinsic mathematical importance as natural, interesting examples of non-rearrangement invariant function spaces but also in view of their applications, which include the mathematical modeling of e…Read more
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12This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most fascinating and important open questions in science: What is quantum mechanics really talking about? In the last decades quantum mechanics has given rise to a new quantum technological era, a revolution taking place today especially within the field of quantum information processing; which goes from quantum teleportation and cryptography to quantum computation. Quantum theory is probably our best confirmed physical theory. Howev…Read more
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The extended bloch representation of quantum mechanics for infinite-dimensional entitiesIn Diederik Aerts, Dalla Chiara, Maria Luisa, Christian de Ronde & Decio Krause (eds.), Probing the meaning of quantum mechanics: information, contextuality, relationalism and entanglement: Proceedings of the II International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information: Physical, Philosophical and Logical Approaches, CLEA, Brussels, World Scientific. 2019.
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Quantum cognition goes beyond-quantum: modeling the collective participant in psychological measurementsIn Diederik Aerts, Dalla Chiara, Maria Luisa, Christian de Ronde & Decio Krause (eds.), Probing the meaning of quantum mechanics: information, contextuality, relationalism and entanglement: Proceedings of the II International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information: Physical, Philosophical and Logical Approaches, CLEA, Brussels, World Scientific. 2019.
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Probing the meaning of quantum mechanics: information, contextuality, relationalism and entanglement: Proceedings of the II International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information: Physical, Philosophical and Logical Approaches, CLEA, Brussels Free University, Belgium, 23-24 July 2015 (edited book, review)World Scientific. 2019.This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most fascinating and important open questions in science: What is quantum mechanics talking about? Quantum theory is perhaps our best confirmed physical theory. However, despite its great empirical effectiveness and the subsequent technological developments that it gave rise to in the 20th century, from the interpretation of the periodic table of elements to CD players, holograms and quantum state teleportation, it stands even tod…Read more
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4Solving the hard problem of Bertrand's paradoxJournal of Mathematical Physics 55 (8): 083503. 2014.Bertrand's paradox is a famous problem of probability theory, pointing to a possible inconsistency in Laplace's principle of insufficient reason. In this article, we show that Bertrand's paradox contains two different problems: an “easy” problem and a “hard” problem. The easy problem can be solved by formulating Bertrand's question in sufficiently precise terms, so allowing for a non-ambiguous modelization of the entity subjected to the randomization. We then show that once the easy problem is s…Read more
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14Correction to: Preface of the Special Issue: International Symposium “Worlds of Entanglement” - Second PartFoundations of Science 26 (1): 5-5. 2018.A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-021-09793-2.
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6Preface of the Special Issue: International Symposium “Worlds of Entanglement” - Second PartFoundations of Science 26 (1): 1-4. 2018.We present the fundamentals of the quantum theoretical approach we have developed in the last decade to model cognitive phenomena that resisted modeling by means of classical logical and probabilistic structures, like Boolean, Kolmogorovian and, more generally, set theoretical structures. We firstly sketch the operational-realistic foundations of conceptual entities, i.e. concepts, conceptual combinations, propositions, decision-making entities, etc. Then, we briefly illustrate the application o…Read more
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2Quantum Perspectives on EvolutionIn Wuppuluri Shyam & Francisco Antonio Dorio (eds.), The Map and the Territory: Exploring the Foundations of Science, Thought and Reality, Springer. pp. 571-595. 2018.We present a view of the evolving reality based on our understanding of the recently discovered quantum laws, how they manifest at the different organizational levels of inert matter, living organisms and cultural artifacts, and what they possibly imply regarding the nature of the stuff the world is made of. What emerges is a pancognitivist framework in which the notion of quantumness enterlace with multiple aspects of our world, including the appearance of the complex life forms on the surface …Read more
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11Spin and Wind Directions I: Identifying Entanglement in Nature and CognitionFoundations of Science 23 (2): 323-335. 2018.We present a cognitive psychology experiment where participants were asked to select pairs of spatial directions that they considered to be the best example of Two different wind directions. Data are shown to violate the CHSH version of Bell’s inequality with the same magnitude as in typical Bell-test experiments with entangled spins. Wind directions thus appear to be conceptual entities connected through meaning, in human cognition, in a similar way as spins appear to be entangled in experiment…Read more
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31On the Conceptuality Interpretation of Quantum and Relativity TheoriesFoundations of Science 25 (1): 5-54. 2020.How can we explain the strange behavior of quantum and relativistic entities? Why do they behave in ways that defy our intuition about how physical entities should behave, considering our ordinary experience of the world around us? In this article, we address these questions by showing that the comportment of quantum and relativistic entities is not that strange after all, if we only consider what their nature might possibly be: not an objectual one, but a conceptual one. This not in the sense t…Read more
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18Quantum Structure in Cognition: Human Language as a Boson Gas of Entangled WordsFoundations of Science 25 (3): 755-802. 2020.We model a piece of text of human language telling a story by means of the quantum structure describing a Bose gas in a state close to a Bose–Einstein condensate near absolute zero temperature. For this we introduce energy levels for the words used in the story and we also introduce the new notion of ‘cogniton’ as the quantum of human thought. Words are then cognitons in different energy states as it is the case for photons in different energy states, or states of different radiative frequency, …Read more
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9Preface of the Special Issue International Symposium “Worlds of Entanglement”Foundations of Science 25 (1): 1-4. 2020.
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15Quantum Structure in Cognition: Human Language as a Boson Gas of Entangled WordsFoundations of Science 25 (3): 755-802. 2020.We model a piece of text of human language telling a story by means of the quantum structure describing a Bose gas in a state close to a Bose–Einstein condensate near absolute zero temperature. For this we introduce energy levels for the words used in the story and we also introduce the new notion of ‘cogniton’ as the quantum of human thought. Words are then cognitons in different energy states as it is the case for photons in different energy states, or states of different radiative frequency, …Read more
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10Preface of the Special Issue International Symposium “Worlds of Entanglement”Foundations of Science 25 (1): 1-4. 2020.
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29Quantum Structure in Cognition: Human Language as a Boson Gas of Entangled WordsFoundations of Science 25 (3): 755-802. 2020.We model a piece of text of human language telling a story by means of the quantum structure describing a Bose gas in a state close to a Bose–Einstein condensate near absolute zero temperature. For this we introduce energy levels for the words (concepts) used in the story and we also introduce the new notion of ‘cogniton’ as the quantum of human thought. Words (concepts) are then cognitons in different energy states as it is the case for photons in different energy states, or states of different…Read more
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13Preface of the Special Issue International Symposium “Worlds of Entanglement”Foundations of Science 25 (1): 1-4. 2020.
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14Quantum Theory Methods as a Possible Alternative for the Double-Blind Gold Standard of Evidence-Based Medicine: Outlining a New Research ProgramFoundations of Science 24 (2): 217-225. 2019.We motivate the possibility of using notions and methods derived from quantum physics, and more specifically from the research field known as ‘quantum cognition’, to optimally model different situations in the field of medicine, its decision-making processes and ensuing practices, particularly in relation to chronic and rare diseases. This also as a way to devise alternative approaches to the generally adopted double-blind gold standard.
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Probing the Meaning and Structure of Quantum Mechanics: Semantics, Dynamics and Identity (edited book)World Scientific. 2016.
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23Spin and Wind Directions II: A Bell State Quantum ModelFoundations of Science 23 (2): 337-365. 2018.In the first half of this two-part article, we analyzed a cognitive psychology experiment where participants were asked to select pairs of directions that they considered to be the best example of Two Different Wind Directions, and showed that the data violate the CHSH version of Bell’s inequality, with same magnitude as in typical Bell-test experiments in physics. In this second part, we complete our analysis by presenting a symmetrized version of the experiment, still violating the CHSH inequa…Read more
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37Modeling Human Decision-Making: An Overview of the Brussels Quantum ApproachFoundations of Science 26 (1): 27-54. 2018.We present the fundamentals of the quantum theoretical approach we have developed in the last decade to model cognitive phenomena that resisted modeling by means of classical logical and probabilistic structures, like Boolean, Kolmogorovian and, more generally, set theoretical structures. We firstly sketch the operational-realistic foundations of conceptual entities, i.e. concepts, conceptual combinations, propositions, decision-making entities, etc. Then, we briefly illustrate the application o…Read more
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55On the Conceptuality Interpretation of Quantum and Relativity TheoriesFoundations of Science 25 (1): 5-54. 2020.How can we explain the strange behavior of quantum and relativistic entities? Why do they behave in ways that defy our intuition about how physical entities should behave, considering our ordinary experience of the world around us? In this article, we address these questions by showing that the comportment of quantum and relativistic entities is not that strange after all, if we only consider what their nature might possibly be: not an objectual one, but a conceptual one. This not in the sense t…Read more
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Vrije Universiteit BrusselResearcher
Brussels, Belgium