Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research Volume 5 Issue 1: The Nature of Quantum Reality: What the Phenomena at the Heart of Quantum Theory Reveal about the Nature of Reality

Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research ("JCER," http://www.jcer.com) is a publication in which scientists, philosophers and other learned scholars publish their research results and express their views on the nature, origin and mechanism of consciousness. In doing so, we hope that one day we will be able to arrive at a genuine science of consciousness. This is JCER Volume 5 Issue 1 first published in January 2014. It is a focus issue entitled "The Nature of Quantum Reality: What the Phenomena at the Heart of Quantum Theory Reveal about the Nature of Reality" featuring Steven E. Kaufman’s latest work. It contains the following: Background; Introduction; and 1. Building a new model of reality; 2. The nature of quantum reality; 3. The nature of the wavefunction; 4. There is no spoon; and 5. The connection between quantum physics and eastern philosophy.