LEADER 02904nam 2200421 450 001 9910511672003321 005 20210117200934.0 010 $a0-8232-8306-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000007009866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6166640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5553439 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5553439 035 $a(OCoLC)1057699317 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007009866 100 $a20201211h20182004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aQuantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead /$fby Michael Epperson 210 1$aNew York :$cFordham University Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) 225 1 $aAmerican Philosophy Ser. 311 $a0-8232-5012-1 327 $aCover -- Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 2. The Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- Bohr's Strategy: "Complementarity" as Evidence of an Unknowable Objective Reality -- Von Neumann's Alternative to Bohr's Epistemic Schism: Objective Reality via a Coherent Ontological Interpretation -- Closed Systems -- The Ontological Significance of Potentia -- 3. The Evolution of Actuality to Probability -- The Formal Description of Quantum Mechanical State Evolution -- Decoherence -- Three Benefits of This Ontological Interpretation of the Quantum Formalism -- Summary -- Interlude: The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead -- II. QUANTUM MECHANICS AND WHITEHEAD'S METAPHYSICAL SCHEME -- 4. The Correlation of Quantum Mechanics and Whitehead's Philosophy -- The Phases of Quantum Mechanical Concrescence -- The Categoreal Obligations -- 5. Spatiotemporal Extension -- Coordinate Division and Genetic Division -- Coordinate Division and the Decomposition of Invariant Spacetime Intervals -- Empirical Adequacy and the Constancy of the Velocity of Light -- Coordinate Extensive Relations and Genetic Historical Relations: The Dipolarity of Relativity Theory and Quantum Mechanics -- The Issue of Absolute Spacetime and Alternative Conceptions -- The Dipolar Cooperation of Coordinate and Genetic Division -- The Dipolarity of Publicity and Privacy -- The Abstractive Geometrical Scheme Underlying Extensive Connection -- Facts and Forms: Durations and Loci -- 6. Summary and Outlook -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index. 410 0$aAmerican Philosophy Ser. 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a192 700 $aEpperson$b Michael$0919400 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511672003321 996 $aQuantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead$92357046 997 $aUNINA