LEADER 04174nam 22006735 450 001 9910983346903321 005 20250117115236.0 010 $a9783031692888 010 $a3031692888 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-69288-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31881996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31881996 035 $a(CKB)37233921300041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-69288-8 035 $a(OCoLC)1485576921 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937233921300041 100 $a20250117d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPhysics Fixes All the Facts /$fby Liam Graham 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (0 pages) 225 1 $aThe Frontiers Collection,$x2197-6619 311 08$a9783031692871 311 08$a303169287X 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. More Seems Different -- Chapter 3. Dualism, Physicalism and Emergence -- Chapter 4. The View from the Cave.-Chapter 5. Computation and Simulation -- Chapter 6. Weak Emergence: More is Different -- Chapter 7. Weak Emergence: When You Can?t Do The Maths.-Chapter 8. Weak Emergence: One from Many -- Chapter 9. Weak Emergence: It?s the Context -- Chapter 10. Weak Emergence: the Map and the Territory -- Etc... The sample chapter is taken from "Molecular Storms". The style and the level of "Physics Fixes All the Facts" will be similar. 330 $aComplex systems seem to magically emerge from the interactions of their parts. A whirlpool emerges from water molecules. A living cell from organic molecules. You emerge from the cells of your body. Not since chaos has a concept from physics spread like wildfire to other disciplines. At the heart of emergence is the alluring idea that there?s more to the world than physics, a holistic component to nature, an edge of mystery. ?Physics Fixes All the Facts? untangles emergence. This reveals something surprising: the term is redundant. In its weak form it is so weak that it applies to everything. In its strong form it is so restrictive that it is like the belief that there are pixies in your garden, impossible to exclude but not worth spending your time on. Graham then presents a framework called Austere Physicalism and uses it to reinterpret so-called emergent phenomena. In this radically materialist view, we are nothing but physical systems among others. The book ends with an exploration of what this means for free will and consciousness. Scientists and philosophers alike will find unexpected and exciting ideas in these pages. But the target audience is much broader including students who want to add context to their studies and the intellectually curious with some scientific background. ?My envy of Graham?s erudition is only surpassed by my admiration of his achievement. This is the definitive guide to why the physical facts fix all the facts! It?s also the definitive diagnosis of all the specious arguments against this simple truth.?, Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy, Duke University. . 410 0$aThe Frontiers Collection,$x2197-6619 606 $aSystem theory 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aComputer simulation 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aComplex Systems 606 $aPhilosophy of Physics 606 $aComputational Physics and Simulations 606 $aPhilosophy of Mind 615 0$aSystem theory. 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 0$aComputer simulation. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 14$aComplex Systems. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Physics. 615 24$aComputational Physics and Simulations. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Mind. 676 $a530.1 700 $aGraham$b Liam$01437397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910983346903321 996 $aPhysics Fixes All the Facts$94316823 997 $aUNINA