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The Probability Map of the Universe

Author : Barry Loewer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067428772X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Probability Map of the Universe written by Barry Loewer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers debate the ideas and implications of one of the most important contemporary works in the philosophy of science, David Albert’s Time and Chance. In the twenty-odd years since its publication, David Albert’s Time and Chance has been recognized as one of the most significant contemporary contributions to the philosophy of science. Here, philosophers and physicists explore the implications of Albert’s arguments and debate his solutions to some of the most intractable problems in theoretical physics. Albert has attempted to make sense of the tension between our best scientific pictures of the fundamental physical structure of the world and our everyday empirical experience of that world. In particular, he is concerned with problems arising from causality and the direction of time: defying common sense, almost all our basic scientific ideas suggest that whatever can happen can just as naturally happen in reverse. Focusing on Newtonian mechanics, Albert provides a systematic account of the temporal irreversibility of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, of the asymmetries in our epistemic access to the past and the future, and of our conviction that by acting now we can affect the future but not the past. He also generalizes the Newtonian picture to the quantum-mechanical case and suggests a deep potential connection between the problem of the direction of time and the quantum-mechanical measurement problem. The essays included in The Probability Map of the Universe develop, explore, and critique this account, while Albert himself replies. The result is an insightful discussion of the foundations of statistical mechanics and its relation to cosmology, the direction of time, and the metaphysical nature of laws and objective probability.

The Probability Map of the Universe

Author : Barry Loewer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674967879
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Sizing Up the Universe

Author : J. Richard Gott
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426206518
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Sizing Up the Universe written by J. Richard Gott and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using space photographs and scaled maps, demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos, from Buzz Aldrin's historic footprint on the Moon to the entire visible universe, with a gatefold of the Gott-Juric Map of the Universe.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy

Author : Barry Dainton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474236480
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy written by Barry Dainton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring chapters on the latest developments in fifteen core subjects in analytic philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy is an essential guide for all those working in the field today. Introducing its history and looking ahead to new research directions, this companion brings together a team of internationally renowned philosophers to explore the major concepts, thinkers and areas of inquiry in the analytic tradition With an extensive glossary, an annotated bibliography, a timeline of major events and publications, and a guide to further resources, this comprehensive companion is ideal for use on courses. Broken down into three parts, it covers: The history of analytic philosophy, from Frege, Moore and Russell to Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and beyond the more recent work of four influential American philosophers: Quine, Davidson, Putnam and Kripke Current analytic philosophy in action in subjects such as philosophy of mind and language, moral and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science, mathematics, perception, free will and personal identity Recent trends and developments such as the rise of specialisation and science, self-consciousness and analytic metaphysics Broaching the controversial question of what analytical philosophy is, explaining how it differs from Continental Philosophy and exploring the extent to which it in a state of crisis, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy presents an authoritative introduction to the origins and future of Anglo-America's dominant philosophical tradition. Now available in paperback, this edition includes updated references and a chapter on Ethics and the problem of overdemandingnes.

Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics

Author : Dustin Lazarovici
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031334485
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics written by Dustin Lazarovici and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive investigation into the concept of typicality and its significance for physics and the philosophy of science. It identifies typicality as a fundamental way of reasoning, central to how natural laws explain and are tested against phenomena. The book discusses various applications of typicality to foundational questions in physics and beyond.These include: a unified interpretation of objective probabilities in classical mechanics and quantum mechanics a detailed discussion of Boltzmann's statistical mechanics, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics a novel account of the asymmetry of causation and the arrow of time Finally, the book turns to the question: "What are laws of nature"? It argues that typicality extends to a powerful way of reasoning in metaphysics that can and should inform our commitments about the fundamental ontology of the world. On this basis, it develops an argument against the Humean best system account, according to which laws of nature are merely an efficient summary of contingent regularities.

The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited

Author : Andrew Loke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030944034
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited written by Andrew Loke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent issue in many contemporary philosophy of religion debates concerns whether the universe has a Designer. This book moves the discussion ahead in a significant way by devising an original deductive formulation of the Teleological Argument (TA) which demonstrates that the following are the only possible categories of hypotheses concerning fine-tuning and order: (i) chance, (ii) regularity, (iii) combinations of regularity and chance, (iv) uncaused, and (v) design. This book also demonstrates that there are essential features of each category such that, while the alternatives to design are unlikely, the Design Hypothesis is not, and that one can argue for design by exclusion without having to first assign a prior probability for design. By combining the TA with the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) which it defends against various objections, this book responds to the God-of-the-gaps objection by demonstrating that the conclusion of the KCA-TA is not based on gaps which can be filled by further scientific progress, but follows from deduction and exclusion. This is an open access book.

Chance and Temporal Asymmetry

Author : Alastair Wilson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191054585
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Chance and Temporal Asymmetry written by Alastair Wilson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chance and Temporal Asymmetry presents a collection of cutting-edge research papers in the metaphysics of science, tackling the perplexing philosophical problems raised by recent progress in the physics and metaphysics of chance and time. How do the probabilities found in fundamental physics and the probabilities of the special sciences relate to one another? Can a constraint on the initial conditions of the universe underwrite the second law of thermodynamics? How does contemporary quantum theory reframe debates over the nature of chance? What grounds do we have for believing in a fundamental direction to time? And how do all these questions connect up? The aim of the volume is both to survey and summarize recent debates about chance and temporal asymmetry and to push them forward. Familiar approaches are subjected to searching new critiques, and bold new proposals are made concerning (inter alia) the semantics of chance-attributions, the justification of the Principal Principle connecting chance and degree of belief, and the source of the temporal asymmetry of human experience. The contributors include world-leading figures in the field, all presenting new work rather than rehashing old ideas, as well as a number of promising junior scholars. A wide-ranging introduction connects the different chapters together, and provides essential background to the debates they take up. Technicality is kept to a minimum and philosophical and conceptual foundations take centre stage. Chance and Temporal Asymmetry sets the agenda for future work on time and chance, which are central to the emerging sub-field of metaphysics of science. It will be indispensable to graduate students and to specialists in metaphysics and philosophy of science.

Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature

Author : Yemima Ben-Menahem
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030967751
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature written by Yemima Ben-Menahem and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book subjects the traditional concept of law of nature to critical examination. There are two kinds of reasons that invite this reexamination, one deriving from philosophical concerns over the traditional concept, the other motivated by theoretical and practical changes in science. One of the philosophical worries is that the idiom of law of nature, especially when combined with the notion of laws 'governing' individual events and processes, is no longer as intelligible as it used to be in the theistic context in which the formulation of laws became central to science. The traditional concept is also challenged in various ways by contemporary scientific theories such as quantum mechanics, chaos theory and the general theory of relativity. It is no longer clear that there are any universal laws, laws do not always guarantee predictability, and the border between physical and mathematical considerations is constantly shifting. The most difficult challenge, perhaps, is to come up with a scientific explanation of the origin of laws. Wrestling with these intriguing problems, the papers in this volume broaden both our understanding of the natural order and our desiderata of scientific explanation.

Probability 1

Author : Amir D. Aczel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780316648295
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Probability 1 written by Amir D. Aczel and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At one level, this book surveys recent findings about the existence of planets orbiting other sun-like stars, such as 51 Pegasi (discovered in 1995) and Tau Bootis. It addresses questions such as what life is and what intelligent life is, as well as theories about how life evolved on Earth from basic molecules into more complex organic compounds leading to DNA. The existence of similar molecules on other planets in our solar system, as well as in meteorites that land on Earth every year, are used in an argument for the evolution of such compounds - the building blocks of life - outside Earth. At the same time, the author applies the laws of large numbers to the immense size of the known universe, with its billions of galaxies, each containing many billions of stars, to argue the probability that there is life elsewhere.

Science and Human Freedom

Author : Michael Esfeld
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030377717
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Science and Human Freedom written by Michael Esfeld and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues for two claims: firstly, determinism in science does not infringe upon human free will because it is descriptive, not prescriptive, and secondly, the very formulation, testing and justification of scientific theories presupposes human free will and thereby persons as ontologically primitive. The argument against predetermination is broadly Humean, or more precisely ‘Super-Humean’, whereas that against naturalist reduction is in large Kantian, drawing from Sellars on the scientific and the manifest image. Thus, whilst the book defends scientific realism against the confusion between fact and fake, it also reveals why scientific theories, laws and explanations cannot succeed in imposing norms for our actions upon us, neither on the level of the individual nor on that of society. Esfeld makes a strong case for an ontology of science that is minimally sufficient to explain our scientific and common sense knowledge, not only removing the concern that the laws of nature are incompatible with human freedom, but furthermore showing how our freedom is in fact a very presupposition for science.

Statistical Mechanics And Scientific Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism And Laws Of Nature

Author : Valia Allori
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811211736
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Mechanics And Scientific Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism And Laws Of Nature written by Valia Allori and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores several open questions in the philosophy and the foundations of statistical mechanics. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in philosophy of physics and/or mathematical physics. Here is a list of questions that are addressed in the book:

Laws of Physics

Author : Eddy Keming Chen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009027816
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Laws of Physics written by Eddy Keming Chen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its apparent complexity, our world seems to be governed by simple laws of physics. This volume provides a philosophical introduction to such laws. I explain how they are connected to some of the central issues in philosophy, such as ontology, possibility, explanation, induction, counterfactuals, time, determinism, and fundamentality. I suggest that laws are fundamental facts that govern the world by constraining its physical possibilities. I examine three hallmarks of laws-simplicity, exactness, and objectivity-and discuss whether and how they may be associated with laws of physics.

Our Mathematical Universe

Author : Max Tegmark
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307744256
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Our Mathematical Universe written by Max Tegmark and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories, but he also shares with us some of the often surprising triumphs and disappointments that have shaped his life as a scientist. Fascinating from first to last—this is a book that has already prompted the attention and admiration of some of the most prominent scientists and mathematicians.

Our Place in the Universe

Author : Norman K. Glendenning
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812700684
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Our Place in the Universe written by Norman K. Glendenning and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars. Interspersed in the text are short pieces on some of those who revealed these wonders to us.It is written in a very authoritative and readable form and contains more than 100 color prints of the marvelous galaxies, and nebula that have been taken from space-based and land-based telescopes carried by NASA missions, the European Space Agency, the European Southern Laboratory in Chile and many other sources.

The Cosmos of Science

Author : John Earman
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 9780822972013
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Cosmos of Science written by John Earman and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inaugural volume of the series, devoted to the work of philosopher Adolf Grnbaum, encompasses the philosophical problems of space, time, and cosmology, the nature of scientific methodology, and the foundations of psychoanalysis.

Probability Space

Author : Nancy Kress
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765345141
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Probability Space written by Nancy Kress and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-01-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Kress cemented her reputation in SF with the publication of her multiple-award–winning novella, “Beggars in Spain,” which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Beggars Ride). And now she brings us Probability Space, the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Probability Moon and then Probability Sun, which is centered on the same world as Kress’s Nebula Award-winning novelette, “Flowers of Aulit Prison.” The Probability Trilogy has already been widely recognized as the next great work by this important SF writer. In Probability Space, humanity’s war with the alien Fallers continues, and it is a war we are losing. Our implacable foes ignore all attempts at communication, and they take no prisoners. Our only hope lies with an unlikely coalition: Major Lyle Kaufman, retired warrior; Marbet Grant, the Sensitive who’s involved with Kaufman; Amanda, a very confused fourteen-year-old girl; and Magdalena, one of the biggest power brokers in all of human space. As the action moves from Earth to Mars to the farthest reaches of known space, with civil unrest back home and alien war in deep space, four humans--armed with little more than an unproven theory--try to enter the Fallers’ home star system. It’s a desperate gamble, and the fate of the entire universe may hang in the balance.

The Temporal Mechanics of the Fourth Gospel

Author : Douglas Estes
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004165983
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Temporal Mechanics of the Fourth Gospel written by Douglas Estes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By redefining narrative temporality in light of modern physics, this book advances a unique and innovative approach to the deep-seated temporalities within the Gospel of Johna "and challenges the implicit assumptions of textual brokenness that run throughout Johannine scholarship.