Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / / by Michael Epperson
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| Autore: |
Epperson Michael
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| Titolo: |
Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / / by Michael Epperson
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2018 |
| ©2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 192 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead |
| ISBN: | 0-8232-8306-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910511672003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American Philosophy Ser.