How Should Humanity Steer the Future? / / edited by Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | The Frontiers Collection |
Soggetto topico |
Science—Social aspects
Philosophy Education Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education Philosophy of Technology Popular Science in Education |
ISBN | 3-319-20717-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction (A. Aguirre, B. Foster, Z. Merali) -- How to save the world (S. Hossenfelder) -- Humanity is much more than the sum of humans (T. Bolognesi) -- Crucial Phenomena (D. Dewey).- The Leverage and Centrality of Mind (P. Estep III, A. Hoekstra) -- A Participatory Future of Humanity (D. Rickles).- The Cartography of the Future: Recovering Utopia for the 21st Century (R. Searle).-Enlightenment is not for the Buddha alone (T. Singh).- Back to the Future: Crowdsourcing Innovation by Refocusing Science Education (T. Norsen).- Recognizing the Value of Play (J. Dickau).- Improving Science for a Better Future (M. Khalil) -- How to avoid steering blindly: The case for a robust repository of human knowledge (J. Niemeyer) -- The Tip of the Spear (G. Gantz) -- U-turn or u die (F. Mercati) -- Smooth seas do not make good sailors (G. Parry). |
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It From Bit or Bit From It? : On Physics and Information / / edited by Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina |
004.1
005.74 530 530.01 530.1 621.3 |
Collana | The Frontiers Collection |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
Physics Quantum computers Spintronics Data structures (Computer science) Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics Data Structures and Information Theory Quantum Computing |
ISBN | 3-319-12946-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction (A. Aguirre, B. Foster, Z. Merali) -- "It From Bit" and the Quantum Probability Rule (M. Leifer) -- It From Qubit (G. D'Ariano) -- It From Qubit: How to Draw Quantum Contextuality (M. Planat) -- The Tao of It and Bit (C. Stoica) -- Information-Based Physics and the Influence Network (K. Knuth) -- Relative Information at the Foundation of Physics (C. Rovelli) -- Information and the Foundations of Quantum Theory.- An Insight into Information, Entanglement and Time (P. Borrill) -- These From Bits (Y. Shikano) -- Self-Similarity, Conservation of Entropy/Bits and the Black Hole Information Puzzle (D. Singleton, E. Vagenas, T. Zhu) -- Spacetime Weave - Bit as the Connection between its or the Informational Content of Spacetime (T. Asselmeyer-Maluga) -- Now Broadcasting in Planck Definition (C. Hogan) -- Is Spacetime Countable? (S. Gryb).- Without Cause (M. Feeley) -- Information and the Foundations of Quantum Theory (A. Bassi, S. Ghosh, T. Singh) -- Reality, no Matter how you Slice it (K. Wharton) -- "Bit From It" (J. Barbour) -- Contextuality: Wheeler's Universal Regulating Principle (I. Durham) -- It From Bit From It From Bit Nature and Nonlinear Logic (W. McHarris). |
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Questioning the Foundations of Physics : Which of Our Fundamental Assumptions Are Wrong? / / edited by Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina |
520
530 530.01 530.1 621 |
Collana | The Frontiers Collection |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
Astronomy Astrophysics Physics Statistical physics Dynamical systems Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Complex Systems Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems |
ISBN | 3-319-13045-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction (A. Aguirre, B. Foster, Z. Merali) -- The paradigm of kinematics and dynamics must yield to causal structure (R. Spekkens) -- Recognising Top-Down Causation (G. Ellis) -- On the Foundational Assumptions of Modern Physics (B. Dribus) -- The preferred system of reference reloaded (I. Perez) -- Right about time? (S. Gryb, F. Mercati) -- A critical look at the standard cosmological picture (D. Janzen) -- Not on but of (O. Dreyer) -- Patterns in the Fabric of Nature (S. Weinstein) Is quantum linear superposition an exact principle of nature? (A. Bassi, T. Singh, H. Ulbricht) -- Quantum-informational Principles for Physics (G. D'Ariano).- The Universe is not a Computer (K. Wharton) -- Against spacetime (G. Amelino-Camelia) -- A chicken-and-egg problem: Which came first, the quantum state or spacetime? (T. Asselmeyer-Maluga) -- Gravity can be neither classical nor quantized (S. Hossenfelder) -- Weaving commutators: beyond Fock space (M. Arzano) -- Reductionist Doubts (J. Barbour) -- Rethinking the scientific enterprise: in defense of reductionism (I. Durham) -- Is Life Fundamental? (S. Walker). |
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Trick or Truth? : The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics / / edited by Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 530 |
Collana | The Frontiers Collection |
Soggetto topico |
Physics
Philosophy and science Mathematical physics Mathematical logic History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Philosophy of Science Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences Mathematical Logic and Foundations |
ISBN | 3-319-27495-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Children of the cosmos (S. Wenmackers) -- Mathematics is Physics (M. S. Leifer) -- My god, it's full of clones: Living in a mathematical universe (M. Séguin) -- Let's consider two spherical chickens (T. Bolognesi) -- The raven and the writing desk (I. Durham) -- The deeper roles of mathematics in physical laws (K. H. Knuth) -- How mathematics meets the world (T. Maudlin) -- Mathematics: intuition's consistency check (K. Wharton) -- How not to factor a miracle (D. K. Wise) -- The language of nature (D. Garfinkle) -- Demystifying the applicability of mathematics (N. Fillion) -- Why mathematics works so well (N. S. Yanofsky) -- Genesis of a pythagorean universe (A. Burov) -- Beyond math (S. Magnusdottir) -- The descent of math (S. I. Walker) -- The ultimate tactics of self-referential systems (C. C. Dantas) -- Cognitive science and the connection between physics and mathematics (A. Gupta Mujumdar) -- A metaphorical chart of our mathematical ontology (P. Gibbs).-And the math will set you free (C. Stoica) -- Appendix: List of winners. |
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Wandering Towards a Goal : How Can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention? / / edited by Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 254 p. 46 illus.) |
Disciplina | 530.01 |
Collana | The Frontiers Collection |
Soggetto topico |
Physics
Artificial intelligence Mathematical logic Statistical physics Dynamical systems Philosophy and science History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Artificial Intelligence Mathematical Logic and Foundations Complex Systems Philosophy of Science |
ISBN | 3-319-75726-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A Tale of Two Animats: What does it take to have goals? (Larissa Albantakis).- Meaning and Intentionality = Information + Evolution (Carlo Rovelli).- Von Neumann Minds: A Toy Model of Meaning in a Natural World (Jochen Szangolies).- Origin Gaps and the Eternal Sunshine of the Second-Order Pendulum (Simon DeDeo).- Agent Above, Atom Below: How agents causally emerge from their underlying microphysics (Erik P Hoel) -- Bio from Bit (Sara Imari Walker) -- I Think, Therefore I Think You Think I Am (Sophia Magnusdottir) -- World without World: Observer-Dependent Physics (Dean Rickles).- The role of the observer in goal-directed behavior (Ines Samengo) -- Wandering Towards Physics: Participatory Realism and the Co-Emergence of Lawfulness (Marc Séguin) -- God's Dice and Einstein's Solids (Ian Durham).- Finding Structure in Science and Mathematics (Noson S. Yanofsky) -- From Athena to AI: the past and future of intention in nature (Rick Searle) -- No Ghost in the Machine (Alan M. Kadin) -- The Man in a Tailcoat (Tommaso Bolognesi) -- The Tablet of the Metalaw (Cristinel Stoica) -- Wandering Towards a Goal: The Key Role of Biomolecules (George F. R. Ellis, Jonathan Kopel). |
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What is Fundamental? / / edited by Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.01 |
Collana | The Frontiers Collection |
Soggetto topico |
Physics
Philosophy and science Mathematical logic Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Philosophy of Science Mathematical Logic and Foundations Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory |
ISBN | 3-030-11301-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Fundamental? (Emily Adlam) -- Against Fundamentalism (Matthew Leifer) -- The Politics of Fundamentality (Alyssa Ney) -- Of Lego and Layers (and Fundamentalism) (Dean Rickles) -- Fundamentality Here, Fundamentality There, Fundamentality Everywhere (Marc Séguin) -- Mind before matter: reversing the arrow of fundamentality (Markus Müller) -- Things, Laws, and the Human Mind (Tejinder Singh) -- The Case for Strong Emergence (Sabine Hossenfelder) -- Mad-Dog Everettianism: Quantum Mechanics at Its Most Minimal (Sean Carroll, Ashmeet Singh) -- Bell's Theory of Beables and the Concept of 'Universe' (Ian Durham) -- Fundamentality, Explanation, and the Unity of Science (Gregory Derry) -- When do we stop digging? Conditions on a fundamental theory of physics (Karen Crowther) -- Fundamental is Non-Random (Ken Wharton) -- Socrates, Atoms, and Beig: A Dialogue (Mozibur Ullah).Fundamentality' as a Linguistic Paradigm (and Linguistics as a Fundamental Paradigm) (Aditya Dwarkesh). |
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