Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / / Michael Epperson.
In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and...
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Epperson, Michael, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / Michael Epperson. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier American Philosophy Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020) This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology. Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work-and details Whitehead's attempts to fashion an ontology coherent with quantum anomalies.Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an essential new dimension to our understanding of Whitehead-and of the constantly enriching encounter between science and philosophy in our century. In English. Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- 3. The Evolution of Actuality to Probability -- Interlude: The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead -- 4. The Correlation of Quantum Mechanics and Whitehead's Philosophy -- 5. Spatiotemporal Extension -- 6. Summary and Outlook -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index Quantum theory Philosophy. Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947. American philosophy series ; Numbero 14. |
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