04746nam 2200745 a 450 991078005830332120210916031940.01-4008-1740-41-4008-2286-61-4008-1288-710.1515/9781400822867(CKB)111056486501388(EBL)1354790(OCoLC)876507244(SSID)ssj0000231358(PQKBManifestationID)11207802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231358(PQKBWorkID)10205505(PQKB)11134886(OCoLC)51575473(MdBmJHUP)muse36243(DE-B1597)447908(OCoLC)1002060991(OCoLC)979757315(DE-B1597)9781400822867(Au-PeEL)EBL1354790(CaPaEBR)ebr10031888(CaONFJC)MIL511809(MiAaPQ)EBC1354790(EXLCZ)9911105648650138819980828d1999 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrQuantum philosophy[electronic resource] understanding and interpreting contemporary science /Roland Omnès ; translated by Arturo SangalliCore TextbookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc19991 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-09551-5 0-691-02787-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Prelude --PART ONE. THE LEGACY --PART TWO. THE FRACTURE --PART THREE. FROM FORMAL BACK TO VISUAL: THE QUANTUM CASE --PART FOUR. STATE OF THE QUESTION AND PERSPECTIVES --Glossary --Name Index --Subject IndexIn this magisterial work, Roland Omnès takes us from the academies of ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern science as he seeks to do no less than rebuild the foundations of the philosophy of knowledge. One of the world's leading quantum physicists, Omnès reviews the history and recent development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences to show that current work in quantum theory offers new answers to questions that have puzzled philosophers for centuries: Is the world ultimately intelligible? Are all events caused? Do objects have definitive locations? Omnès addresses these profound questions with vigorous arguments and clear, colorful writing, aiming not just to advance scholarship but to enlighten readers with no background in science or philosophy. The book opens with an insightful and sweeping account of the main developments in science and the philosophy of knowledge from the pre-Socratic era to the nineteenth century. Omnès then traces the emergence in modern thought of a fracture between our intuitive, commonsense views of the world and the abstract and--for most people--incomprehensible world portrayed by advanced physics, math, and logic. He argues that the fracture appeared because the insights of Einstein and Bohr, the logical advances of Frege, Russell, and Gödel, and the necessary mathematics of infinity of Cantor and Hilbert cannot be fully expressed by words or images only. Quantum mechanics played an important role in this development, as it seemed to undermine intuitive notions of intelligibility, locality, and causality. However, Omnès argues that common sense and quantum mechanics are not as incompatible as many have thought. In fact, he makes the provocative argument that the "consistent-histories" approach to quantum mechanics, developed over the past fifteen years, places common sense (slightly reappraised and circumscribed) on a firm scientific and philosophical footing for the first time. In doing so, it provides what philosophers have sought through the ages: a sure foundation for human knowledge. Quantum Philosophy is a profound work of contemporary science and philosophy and an eloquent history of the long struggle to understand the nature of the world and of knowledge itself.PhysicsPhilosophyMathematicsPhilosophySciencePhilosophyQuantum theoryPhysicsPhilosophy.MathematicsPhilosophy.SciencePhilosophy.Quantum theory.530/.01CC 3200rvkOmnès Roland345700Sangalli Arturo117957MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780058303321Quantum philosophy3674537UNINA