2025/01/01 by Mohammad Javed, Javed, Mohammad
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Death #Education #Free Will and Agency #Free will #Life #Life Sciences #Medicine and Health Sciences #Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs #Physical Sciences and Mathematics #Quantum physics #Social and Behavioral Sciences #Theology and Philosophy of Evil
paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/k3rsj
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This paper presents a philosophical and interdisciplinary inquiry into the nature of human intention (niyyah) and its role in shaping perceived reality. Drawing conceptual inspiration from quantum collapse, philosophy of mind, and theological reflection, the work examines whether intention is truly subject to human control or whether it functions as a deeper, identity-defining constant. Rather than proposing empirical quantum mechanics, the paper employs quantum collapse as an interpretive analogy to explore fundamental questions of free will, moral responsibility, and personal transformation. It argues that while human experience unfolds through successive “collapses” of possibility into lived outcomes, the origin and transformation of intention itself remain unresolved and paradoxical. The study deliberately withholds definitive answers, positioning uncertainty as an essential feature of human existence rather than a flaw. By doing so, it challenges conventional assumptions about self-directed change, agency, and accountability, and invites dialogue across philosophy, theology, and consciousness studies. This work is intended for researchers and readers interested in philosophy of science, metaphysics, ethics, and quantum-inspired models of human cognition and choice.