1st Edition
Quantum Probability Theory, Psychology and Law Modelling Legal Decision Making with Quantum Principles
This book provides the first consideration of quantum principles in legal decision making. It shows how quantum probability theory can be applied to psychology and law to deepen our understanding of psychological and legal issues, suggesting a paradigm shift in the study of these areas.
Written as an introduction to quantum probability theory for non-physicists, the book offers an accessible summary of how psychology can be applied to quantum phenomena for human decision making. It introduces psychologists and lawyers to fresh conceptual frameworks, including classical probability theory, classical statistics, data mining and quantum theory. Wojciechowski shows how quantum theory and concepts can be transferred to psychological research models, and can help to resolve previously unexplained psychological phenomena, influence scientific views, undermine traditional foundations of the legal system and result in the development of new research directions. Studies conducted by the author are used to show how problems facing legal decision making can be addressed in a completely new light with the application of quantum probability theory.
This cutting-edge and innovative book will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in the fields of forensic psychology and legal decision making, as well as legal professionals and legal scholars.
1. Introduction 2. Basic assumptions of the quantum cognition 3. Contextuality and assessment of guilt 4. Quantum entanglement and judgment on multiple offenses 5. Criminal procedure and quantum Zeno effect 6. Superposition and veracity assessment 7. Suspects’ strategies and Bell inequalities
Biography
Bartosz W. Wojciechowski (PhD) is associate professor at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland; forensic psychologist; and experienced patent attorney and attorney at law. He is author and co-author of several publications on veracity assessment and application of the quantum probability theory to psychology and law.
