Between chance and choice : interdisciplinary perspectives on determinism / / edited by Harald Atmanspacher and Robert Bishop |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Imprint Academic, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
Disciplina | 123 |
Soggetto topico | Free will and determinism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84540-629-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; Preface; Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions; 1 Introduction; 2 Deterministic Descriptions in Physics; 2.1 Laplacean Determinism; 3 Towards an Indeterministic Description in Physics; 3.1 Value Determinateness; 3.2 Differential Dynamics; 3.3 Unique Evolution; 3.4 Taking Stock; 4 Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.1 Psychological Models of Determinism; 4.2 Deterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.3 Indeterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.4 Taking Stock; 5 Discussion
Appendix: A Comment on Differential DynamicsAcknowledgments; References; Perspectives on Scientific Determinism; 1 Introduction; 2 Ernst Cassirer; 3 A Mathematical Structure for Scientific Determinism; 4 Emil du Bois-Reymond's Perspective on Nature; 5 A Perspective on du Bois-Reymond's Position; References; Determinism Is Ontic, Determinability Is Epistemic; 1 Introduction; 2 Ontic and Epistemic States of Classical Systems; 2.1 Stability; 2.2 Dynamical Entropy; 2.3 Information Flow; 3 Determinism, Causation, and Predictability; 3.1 Laplace, Maxwell, Poincaré 3.2 Ontic Determinism and Epistemic Chaos4 Determinism, Randomness, and Stochasticity; 5 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Determinism, Internalism and Objectivity; 1 Chaos Theory; 2 The Problem of Determinism; 3 The Interpretation of Probability; 4 Internalist Realism; 5 Perspectives; 6 Some Remaining Problems; References; Hidden Determinism, Probability, and Time's Arrow; 1 Determinism Does Not Deal with Predictions; 2 Terminology and Basic Concepts; 3 Breaking the Time-Reversal Symmetry; 4 Arrow of Time; 5 Indeterminism; 6 Statistical Causality; 7 Why Can There Be Laws of Chance? 8 Are There Statistically Irreproducible Events?9 Hadamard's Principle of Scientific Determinism; 10 Experimental Science Requires Freedom of Action; 11 Quantum Randomness; 12 Quantum Mechanics Cannot Explain Free Will; 13 Why Does Time's Arrow Always Point in the Same Direction?; 14 Hadamard Determinism Cannot Be Globally Valid; Acknowledgements; References; Time-Space Dilations and Stochastic-Deterministic Dynamics; 1 Introduction; 2 Dilations of Stochatic Descriptions to Deterministic Dynamics; 3 Mathematical Dilation Theories; 4 Physical Interpretations of Dilations; 5 Time and Space 6 Knowing the Present7 Financial Option Theory; 8 Changeux and Connes, and Chaitin; 9 Digression on Determinism; 10 Final Thoughts; References; Transitions from Deterministic Evolution to Irreversible Probabilistic Processes and the Quantum Measurement Problem; 1 Introduction; 2 Deterministic Dynamics and Probabilistic Markov Processes; 3 Instability of Motion and the Transition from Derterministic Dynamical Evolution to Probabilistic Processes; 4 The Quantum Measurement Problem; Acknowledgments; References; Probabilistic Causality and Irreversibility: Heraclitus and Prigogine; 1 Introduction 2 A Dialogue between Heraclitus and Prigogine |
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Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Imprint Academic, , 2002 | ||
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Between chance and choice : interdisciplinary perspectives on determinism / / edited by Harald Atmanspacher and Robert Bishop |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Imprint Academic, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
Disciplina | 123 |
Soggetto topico | Free will and determinism |
ISBN | 1-84540-629-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; Preface; Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions; 1 Introduction; 2 Deterministic Descriptions in Physics; 2.1 Laplacean Determinism; 3 Towards an Indeterministic Description in Physics; 3.1 Value Determinateness; 3.2 Differential Dynamics; 3.3 Unique Evolution; 3.4 Taking Stock; 4 Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.1 Psychological Models of Determinism; 4.2 Deterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.3 Indeterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.4 Taking Stock; 5 Discussion
Appendix: A Comment on Differential DynamicsAcknowledgments; References; Perspectives on Scientific Determinism; 1 Introduction; 2 Ernst Cassirer; 3 A Mathematical Structure for Scientific Determinism; 4 Emil du Bois-Reymond's Perspective on Nature; 5 A Perspective on du Bois-Reymond's Position; References; Determinism Is Ontic, Determinability Is Epistemic; 1 Introduction; 2 Ontic and Epistemic States of Classical Systems; 2.1 Stability; 2.2 Dynamical Entropy; 2.3 Information Flow; 3 Determinism, Causation, and Predictability; 3.1 Laplace, Maxwell, Poincaré 3.2 Ontic Determinism and Epistemic Chaos4 Determinism, Randomness, and Stochasticity; 5 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Determinism, Internalism and Objectivity; 1 Chaos Theory; 2 The Problem of Determinism; 3 The Interpretation of Probability; 4 Internalist Realism; 5 Perspectives; 6 Some Remaining Problems; References; Hidden Determinism, Probability, and Time's Arrow; 1 Determinism Does Not Deal with Predictions; 2 Terminology and Basic Concepts; 3 Breaking the Time-Reversal Symmetry; 4 Arrow of Time; 5 Indeterminism; 6 Statistical Causality; 7 Why Can There Be Laws of Chance? 8 Are There Statistically Irreproducible Events?9 Hadamard's Principle of Scientific Determinism; 10 Experimental Science Requires Freedom of Action; 11 Quantum Randomness; 12 Quantum Mechanics Cannot Explain Free Will; 13 Why Does Time's Arrow Always Point in the Same Direction?; 14 Hadamard Determinism Cannot Be Globally Valid; Acknowledgements; References; Time-Space Dilations and Stochastic-Deterministic Dynamics; 1 Introduction; 2 Dilations of Stochatic Descriptions to Deterministic Dynamics; 3 Mathematical Dilation Theories; 4 Physical Interpretations of Dilations; 5 Time and Space 6 Knowing the Present7 Financial Option Theory; 8 Changeux and Connes, and Chaitin; 9 Digression on Determinism; 10 Final Thoughts; References; Transitions from Deterministic Evolution to Irreversible Probabilistic Processes and the Quantum Measurement Problem; 1 Introduction; 2 Deterministic Dynamics and Probabilistic Markov Processes; 3 Instability of Motion and the Transition from Derterministic Dynamical Evolution to Probabilistic Processes; 4 The Quantum Measurement Problem; Acknowledgments; References; Probabilistic Causality and Irreversibility: Heraclitus and Prigogine; 1 Introduction 2 A Dialogue between Heraclitus and Prigogine |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786656403321 |
Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Imprint Academic, , 2002 | ||
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Between chance and choice : interdisciplinary perspectives on determinism / / edited by Harald Atmanspacher and Robert Bishop |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Imprint Academic, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
Disciplina | 123 |
Soggetto topico | Free will and determinism |
ISBN | 1-84540-629-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; Preface; Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions; 1 Introduction; 2 Deterministic Descriptions in Physics; 2.1 Laplacean Determinism; 3 Towards an Indeterministic Description in Physics; 3.1 Value Determinateness; 3.2 Differential Dynamics; 3.3 Unique Evolution; 3.4 Taking Stock; 4 Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.1 Psychological Models of Determinism; 4.2 Deterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.3 Indeterministic Descriptions in Psychology; 4.4 Taking Stock; 5 Discussion
Appendix: A Comment on Differential DynamicsAcknowledgments; References; Perspectives on Scientific Determinism; 1 Introduction; 2 Ernst Cassirer; 3 A Mathematical Structure for Scientific Determinism; 4 Emil du Bois-Reymond's Perspective on Nature; 5 A Perspective on du Bois-Reymond's Position; References; Determinism Is Ontic, Determinability Is Epistemic; 1 Introduction; 2 Ontic and Epistemic States of Classical Systems; 2.1 Stability; 2.2 Dynamical Entropy; 2.3 Information Flow; 3 Determinism, Causation, and Predictability; 3.1 Laplace, Maxwell, Poincaré 3.2 Ontic Determinism and Epistemic Chaos4 Determinism, Randomness, and Stochasticity; 5 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Determinism, Internalism and Objectivity; 1 Chaos Theory; 2 The Problem of Determinism; 3 The Interpretation of Probability; 4 Internalist Realism; 5 Perspectives; 6 Some Remaining Problems; References; Hidden Determinism, Probability, and Time's Arrow; 1 Determinism Does Not Deal with Predictions; 2 Terminology and Basic Concepts; 3 Breaking the Time-Reversal Symmetry; 4 Arrow of Time; 5 Indeterminism; 6 Statistical Causality; 7 Why Can There Be Laws of Chance? 8 Are There Statistically Irreproducible Events?9 Hadamard's Principle of Scientific Determinism; 10 Experimental Science Requires Freedom of Action; 11 Quantum Randomness; 12 Quantum Mechanics Cannot Explain Free Will; 13 Why Does Time's Arrow Always Point in the Same Direction?; 14 Hadamard Determinism Cannot Be Globally Valid; Acknowledgements; References; Time-Space Dilations and Stochastic-Deterministic Dynamics; 1 Introduction; 2 Dilations of Stochatic Descriptions to Deterministic Dynamics; 3 Mathematical Dilation Theories; 4 Physical Interpretations of Dilations; 5 Time and Space 6 Knowing the Present7 Financial Option Theory; 8 Changeux and Connes, and Chaitin; 9 Digression on Determinism; 10 Final Thoughts; References; Transitions from Deterministic Evolution to Irreversible Probabilistic Processes and the Quantum Measurement Problem; 1 Introduction; 2 Deterministic Dynamics and Probabilistic Markov Processes; 3 Instability of Motion and the Transition from Derterministic Dynamical Evolution to Probabilistic Processes; 4 The Quantum Measurement Problem; Acknowledgments; References; Probabilistic Causality and Irreversibility: Heraclitus and Prigogine; 1 Introduction 2 A Dialogue between Heraclitus and Prigogine |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828267003321 |
Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Imprint Academic, , 2002 | ||
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Beyond patriotism [[electronic resource] ] : from Truman to Obama / / James R. Flynn |
Autore | Flynn James R |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, U.K., : Imprint Academic, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina |
323.650973
327.7309045 |
Soggetto topico |
Internationalism
Nationalism - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-44555-7
9786613445551 1-84540-346-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The patriotic era -- pt. 2. The transition -- pt. 3. The post-national era. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461853303321 |
Flynn James R
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Beyond patriotism [[electronic resource] ] : from Truman to Obama / / James R. Flynn |
Autore | Flynn James R |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, U.K., : Imprint Academic, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina |
323.650973
327.7309045 |
Soggetto topico |
Internationalism
Nationalism - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-44555-7
9786613445551 1-84540-346-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The patriotic era -- pt. 2. The transition -- pt. 3. The post-national era. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789899903321 |
Flynn James R
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Beyond patriotism [[electronic resource] ] : from Truman to Obama / / James R. Flynn |
Autore | Flynn James R |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, U.K., : Imprint Academic, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina |
323.650973
327.7309045 |
Soggetto topico |
Internationalism
Nationalism - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-44555-7
9786613445551 1-84540-346-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The patriotic era -- pt. 2. The transition -- pt. 3. The post-national era. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815784603321 |
Flynn James R
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Beyond the subjectivity trap / / Martin O'Dea |
Autore | O'Dea Martin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina | 126 |
Soggetto topico |
Subjectivity
Consciousness |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84540-833-0
1-84540-832-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Prologue; Body matter; Book One; Chapter One: Consistent Hidden Revolutions; Chapter Two: The World Around Us; Chapter Three: What is Stuff Made of?; Chapter Four: All About Us; Book Two; Chapter Five: What is the Subjectivity Trap?; Chapter Six: Ways to See Beyond the Subjectivity Trap; Chapter Seven: Dearest; Chapter Eight: Why is this Such a Hard Sell?; Interlude: What is Technology Anyway?; Book Three; Chapter Nine: Beyond the Subjectivity Trap; Back matter; Also available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460761603321 |
O'Dea Martin
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Beyond the subjectivity trap / / Martin O'Dea |
Autore | O'Dea Martin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina | 126 |
Soggetto topico |
Subjectivity
Consciousness |
ISBN |
1-84540-833-0
1-84540-832-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Prologue; Body matter; Book One; Chapter One: Consistent Hidden Revolutions; Chapter Two: The World Around Us; Chapter Three: What is Stuff Made of?; Chapter Four: All About Us; Book Two; Chapter Five: What is the Subjectivity Trap?; Chapter Six: Ways to See Beyond the Subjectivity Trap; Chapter Seven: Dearest; Chapter Eight: Why is this Such a Hard Sell?; Interlude: What is Technology Anyway?; Book Three; Chapter Nine: Beyond the Subjectivity Trap; Back matter; Also available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797491003321 |
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Beyond the subjectivity trap / / Martin O'Dea |
Autore | O'Dea Martin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina | 126 |
Soggetto topico |
Subjectivity
Consciousness |
ISBN |
1-84540-833-0
1-84540-832-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Prologue; Body matter; Book One; Chapter One: Consistent Hidden Revolutions; Chapter Two: The World Around Us; Chapter Three: What is Stuff Made of?; Chapter Four: All About Us; Book Two; Chapter Five: What is the Subjectivity Trap?; Chapter Six: Ways to See Beyond the Subjectivity Trap; Chapter Seven: Dearest; Chapter Eight: Why is this Such a Hard Sell?; Interlude: What is Technology Anyway?; Book Three; Chapter Nine: Beyond the Subjectivity Trap; Back matter; Also available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812672503321 |
O'Dea Martin
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The certainty of uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues introducing constructivism / / Bernhard Poerksen ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl Koeck |
Autore | Poerksen Bernhard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
Disciplina | 149 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KoeckAlison Rosemary
KoeckWolfram Karl |
Soggetto topico | Constructivism (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84540-470-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface: The circular view of the world; Body matter; 1: At each and every moment, I can decide who I am; 2: We can never know what goes on in somebody else's head; 3: The knowledge of knowledge entails responsibility; 4: Truth is what works; 5: We are constructs ourselves; 6: We can never start from scratch; 7: The freedom to venture into the unknown; 8: Reality: we can only know what it is not; Back matter; About the Author; Also available |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462654803321 |
Poerksen Bernhard
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Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2004 | ||
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