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Veiled Reality

Author : Bernard D'Espagnat
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780367091989
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Reality written by Bernard D'Espagnat and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While quantum mechanics appears as being the most basic element of contemporary physics, its meaning remains mysterious to the very physicists who make use of it, and is acknowledged as such by all those among them who care about such questions. The final message of the bookstemming from a careful, comprehensive analysisis that this apparent obscurity is there to stay, in the sense that what quantum mechanics (and therefore the whole of physics) describes in detail is not what could be consistently referred to as man-independent reality . It is essentially what philosophers call empirical reality, that is, reality as seen through the colored glasses or our sensorial equipment and our possibilities of action. Of mind-independent reality we perceive, at best, some distorted general structures. It is veiled."

Veiled Reality

Author : Bernard D'espagnat
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Reality written by Bernard D'espagnat and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1995-01-20 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By questioning the validity of some of our basic concepts, such as space, object, and causality, quantum physics contributes quite decisively to the dramatic changes now taking place in our world picture. Veiled Reality provides a detailed view of the reasons why such a questioning arises, a survey of the corresponding conceptual and theoretical problems, and a comprehensive, up-to-date account, useful to scientists and epistemologists alike, of the various ways present-day physicists tackle these problems.The book deals with the E.P.R. reality criterion, local causality, and quantum measurement including relativistic quantum collapse, decoherence theories, consistent histories approaches, and ontologically interpretable theories. Questions bearing on the connection between counterfactuality and realism, intersubjective agreement, and limits of the bearing of the verbs “to have” and “to be,” follow naturally from the analysis and are thoroughly examined. Finally, distinguishing between empirical reality and a veiled independent reality whose only knowable features are structural yields a clue to a plausible interpretation of current physics.Accessible to readers with only very elementary background in modern physics, Veiled Reality offers nonspecialists, including students in physics and philosophy, easy access to basic problems in the foundation of physics.

Symposium On The Foundations Of Modern Physics 1987 - The Copenhagen Interpretation 60 Years After The Como Lecture

Author : Pekka Lahti
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813201703
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Symposium On The Foundations Of Modern Physics 1987 - The Copenhagen Interpretation 60 Years After The Como Lecture written by Pekka Lahti and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Physics and Philosophy

Author : Bernard d'Espagnat
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691158061
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book On Physics and Philosophy written by Bernard d'Espagnat and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-07 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On Physics and Philosophy is an accessible, mathematics-free reflection on the philosophical meaning of the quantum revolution, by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. D'Espagnat presents an objective account of the main guiding principles of contemporary physics - in particular, quantum mechanics - followed by a look at just what consequences these should imply for philosophical thinking."--

Farewell to Reality

Author : Jim Baggott
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453299149
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Farewell to Reality written by Jim Baggott and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a lively, provocative, and “intellectually gratifying” critique of modern theoretical physics (The Economist). Where does one draw the line between solid science and fairy-tale physics? Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles, super strings, the multiverse, the holographic principle, or the anthropic cosmological principle. Unafraid to challenge prominent theorists, Baggott offers engaging portraits of many central figures of modern physics, including Stephen Hawking, Paul Davies, John D. Barrow, Brian Greene, and Leonard Susskind. Informed, comprehensive, and balanced, Farewell to Reality discusses the latest ideas about the nature of physical reality while clearly distinguishing between fact and fantasy, providing essential and entertaining reading for everyone interested in what we know and don’t know about the nature of the universe and reality itself.

Arrow Of Time And Reality: In Search Of A Conciliation

Author : Anne Magnon
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814497800
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Arrow Of Time And Reality: In Search Of A Conciliation written by Anne Magnon and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-12-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Reality? What is the role of human consciousness in the shaping of such a concept? These questions are as old as mankind and gave rise to the MIND-MATTER dualism which preoccupied so many physicists: Schrödinger, Wigner, etc. This book considers the problem within the realm of contemporary physics, and shows that it could be related to that of ultimate entities. The author develops the viewpoint according to which human thinking activities are fruit of the Cosmos and of its combinatorial activity. Ultimate entities, the bricks out of which our universe is made, could be hidden, as a primordial alphabet, in the foundations of the pyramid of increasing complexity, which seems to unfold as a language and to culminate in the emergence of organized and thinking structures. This is analyzed in the context of cosmological screening and horizons (an expression of our lack of access to totality) where macroscopic and microscopic can mingle, where a unification of interactions and a matching of available arrows of time can take place. This context is also that of quantum evaporation of particle-antiparticle like entities, which triggers entropy increase, and of the overlap between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. The problem of an (global) origin of the cruising (and evanescent) “Now” is considered. A creative principle (reminiscent of the biological mitosis) is also presented which is the generator of the “event” through breaking of temporal symmetry. In this perspective, time-flow is an emergent concept: Creation of the World is declined priority on the concept of “coming into existence”. Participant to the origin of the World, all (possibly virtual) processes are able to culminate into the phenomenon of consciousness and Self-Awareness.

Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics

Author : Diederik Aerts
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9813276908
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics written by Diederik Aerts and published by World Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 today without a universally accepted interpretation. The novelty of the book comes from the multiple viewpoints and subjects investigated by a group of researchers from Europe and North and South America.

In Search of Reality

Author : B. D'Espagnat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642870503
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Reality written by B. D'Espagnat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I take up a new book I always read its conclusions first. For I have discovered that even difficult books have conclusions that are easy to read and that give a first idea of their content. Of course, I expect my readers to do this also! Indeed, the present book offers them an opportunity for generalizing the method. After having gone over chapter 14 they should preferably look through chapters 5, 2, 13 and 10, or at least some of these (in this or in other orders), before engaging into any thorough reading. The point is that-at appropriate places in other chapters-the reader will find proofs; and, as we all know, all the proofs that are worth something are unavoidably ponderous. Of course, it is good to have them but, again, the most suitable procedure not to lose interest in their development is, I think, to first provisionally grant their conclusions,. in order to see where they lead us to. Then, to study the proofs once we have been convinced that the goal is worth some effort. This is the reason why I suggest that at least chapters 4 and 11 should, on a first reading, be skipped, at any rate, by the "poets"! The problem, a new approach of which is described in chapter 4, did not come to light, at least in its present form, before 1964. The first experi mental investigations bearing on it date back from the seventies.

Philosophy, Science and Divine Action

Author : F. LeRon Shults
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047440234
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Science and Divine Action written by F. LeRon Shults and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces and showcases contributions from leading international scholars on the topic of "divine action" in the world, with special attention on the way in which philosophical categories and developments play a role in the dialogue among scientists and theologians.

Quantum Christian Realism

Author : Rocco Boni
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532686080
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Christian Realism written by Rocco Boni and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Christianity is rooted in a historical event: the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. This is the central tenet of the Christian Faith. However there are a good number of tenets of Christianity that aren't historical at all. Rather, they are ontological. In other words, they are grounded in the nature of reality itself. In this work Rocco Boni shows how the dozen or so ontologically-based tenets of Christianity derive from the very foundations of reality; being grounded in the theistically-friendly ontology of quantum phenomenon. These tenets seem to have been built into the cosmos at the ground floor, their realization deriving from the indeterministic, immaterial, abstract nature of quantum process. This is not simply a book, it's a discovery. One that shows that the true ontic status of reality is not simply theistic, but Christian. The structure of this theistic ontology is elegant and economic, both hallmarks of scientific truth. If there were such a thing as a Theistic Unification Theory, this would be it.

Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science

Author : Robert S. Cohen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792332336
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science written by Robert S. Cohen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-10-31 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beijing International Conference, 1992

On Physics and Philosophy

Author : Bernard d'Espagnat
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069124023X
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book On Physics and Philosophy written by Bernard d'Espagnat and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the great ironies of quantum mechanics is not only that its conceptual foundations seem strange even to the physicists who use it, but that philosophers have largely ignored it. Here, Bernard d'Espagnat argues that quantum physics--by casting doubts on once hallowed concepts such as space, material objects, and causality-demands serious reconsideration of most of traditional philosophy. On Physics and Philosophy is an accessible, mathematics-free reflection on the philosophical meaning of the quantum revolution, by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. D'Espagnat presents an objective account of the main guiding principles of contemporary physics-in particular, quantum mechanics-followed by a look at just what consequences these should imply for philosophical thinking. The author begins by describing recent discoveries in quantum physics such as nonseparability, and explicating the significance of contemporary developments such as decoherence. Then he proceeds to set various philosophical theories of knowledge--such as materialism, realism, Kantism, and neo-Kantism--against the conceptual problems quantum theory raises. His overall conclusion is that while the physical implications of quantum theory suggest that scientific knowledge will never truly describe mind-independent reality, the notion of such an ultimate reality--one we can never access directly or rationally and which he calls "veiled reality"--remains conceptually necessary nonetheless.

Veiled Freedom

Author : Jeanette Windle
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414333528
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Freedom written by Jeanette Windle and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson returns to Kabul as security chief to the minister of interior, he is disillusioned with the corriuption and violence that has overtaken the country he fought to free. Relief worker Amy Mallory arrives in Afghanistan ready to change the world. She soon discovers that as a Western woman, the challenges are monumental. Afghan native Jamil returns to his homeland seeking work, but a painful past continues to haunt him. All three are searching for truth and freedom when a suicide bombing brings them together on Kabul's dusty streets.--From publisher's description.

Reality Through the Looking-glass

Author : Christopher James Seaton Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reality Through the Looking-glass written by Christopher James Seaton Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calls into question the 'bedrock' reality of spacetime, examines the idea of alternative realities founded on different sorts of consciousness, and explores concepts of being and non-being in religious traditions.

The Shadow Of Neotropolis

Author : Bill Valiontis
Publisher : Bill Valiontis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadow Of Neotropolis written by Bill Valiontis and published by Bill Valiontis. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 2150, the megacity of Neotropolis thrived on technological marvels, overshadowed by the oppressive rule of the Central Authority. Dr. Samuel Mercer, a renegade scientist, made a groundbreaking discovery that could reshape the destiny of humanity. However, before he could unveil his findings, he mysteriously vanished.

Enlightenment to Enlightenment

Author : Henri Atlan
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791495426
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Enlightenment to Enlightenment written by Henri Atlan and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a thorough and critical, comparative analysis of the logic of modern scientific thought and of traditional teachings generally referred to as mythological and mystical. Different rationalities with different domains of interest and legitimacy exist, which should not be confused and cannot be unified in any theory of "Ultimate Reality." Atlan suggests they must coexist in practice, although each of them presents itself as an exclusive and all-encompassing truth. The book introduces teachings from Jewish talmudic, midrashic, and kabbalist sources and text from Zen and Taoism to exemplify the kind of rationality or controlled irrationality at work in such traditional thinking.

The Veiled Throne

Author : Ken Liu
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481424351
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book The Veiled Throne written by Ken Liu and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR). Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people. Beset by adversity, Théra and her most trusted companions attempt to overcome every challenge by doing the most interesting thing. But is not letting the past dictate the present always possible or even desirable? In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift. Here, parents and children, teachers and students, Empress and Pékyu, all nurture the seeds of plans that will take years to bloom. Will tradition yield to new justifications for power? Everywhere, the spirit of innovation dances like dandelion seeds on the wind, and the commoners, the forgotten, the ignored begin to engineer new solutions for a new age. Ken Liu returns to the series that draws from a tradition of the great epics of our history from the Aeneid to the Romance on the Three Kingdoms and builds a new tale unsurpassed in its scope and ambition.