02862nam 2200409 450 991081754940332120231110233330.00-8232-8306-2(CKB)4100000007009866(MiAaPQ)EBC6166640(MiAaPQ)EBC5553439(Au-PeEL)EBL5553439(OCoLC)1057699317(EXLCZ)99410000000700986620201211h20182004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierQuantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead /by Michael EppersonNew York :Fordham University Press,2018.©20041 online resource (xiv, 261 pages)American Philosophy 0-8232-5012-1 Cover -- Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 2. The Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- Bohr's Strategy: "Complementarity" as Evidence of an Unknowable Objective Reality -- Von Neumann's Alternative to Bohr's Epistemic Schism: Objective Reality via a Coherent Ontological Interpretation -- Closed Systems -- The Ontological Significance of Potentia -- 3. The Evolution of Actuality to Probability -- The Formal Description of Quantum Mechanical State Evolution -- Decoherence -- Three Benefits of This Ontological Interpretation of the Quantum Formalism -- Summary -- Interlude: The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead -- II. QUANTUM MECHANICS AND WHITEHEAD'S METAPHYSICAL SCHEME -- 4. The Correlation of Quantum Mechanics and Whitehead's Philosophy -- The Phases of Quantum Mechanical Concrescence -- The Categoreal Obligations -- 5. Spatiotemporal Extension -- Coordinate Division and Genetic Division -- Coordinate Division and the Decomposition of Invariant Spacetime Intervals -- Empirical Adequacy and the Constancy of the Velocity of Light -- Coordinate Extensive Relations and Genetic Historical Relations: The Dipolarity of Relativity Theory and Quantum Mechanics -- The Issue of Absolute Spacetime and Alternative Conceptions -- The Dipolar Cooperation of Coordinate and Genetic Division -- The Dipolarity of Publicity and Privacy -- The Abstractive Geometrical Scheme Underlying Extensive Connection -- Facts and Forms: Durations and Loci -- 6. Summary and Outlook -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index.American Philosophy 192Epperson Michael919400MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817549403321Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead2357046UNINA