Physical (A)Causality [[electronic resource] ] : Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events / / by Karl Svozil
| Physical (A)Causality [[electronic resource] ] : Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events / / by Karl Svozil |
| Autore | Svozil Karl |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 219 p. 32 illus., 24 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 530.01 |
| Collana | Fundamental Theories of Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics
Mathematical physics Epistemology Probabilities Philosophy and science History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes Philosophy of Science |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Self-reflexive knowledge
Physical chaos Physical random number generators Irreducible randomness Randomness in physics Physical indeterminism Acausality in physics |
| ISBN | 3-319-70815-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I Embedded observers, reflexive perception and representation: Intrinsic and extrinsic observation mode -- Embedded observers and self-expression -- Reflexive measurement -- Intrinsic self-representation -- Part II Provable unknowns: On what is entirely hopeless -- Forecasting and unpredictability -- Induction by rule inference -- Other types of recursion theoretic unknowables -- What if there are no laws? Emergence of laws -- Part III Quantum unknowns: "Shut up and calculate" -- Evolution by permutation -- Quantum mechanics in a nutshell -- Quantum oracles -- Vacuum fluctuations -- Radioactive decay -- Part IV Exotic unknowns: Classical continua and infinities -- Classical (in)determinism -- Deterministic chaos -- Partition logics, finite automata and generalized urn models -- Part V Transcendence: Miracles -- Dualistic interfaces -- Part VI Executive summary: Executive summary -- Appendix A: Formal (in)computability and randomness -- B: Two particle correlations and expectations. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910293141303321 |
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Physical (A)Causality : Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events / Karl Svozil
| Physical (A)Causality : Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events / Karl Svozil |
| Autore | Svozil, Karl |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020]
00A30 - Philosophy of mathematics [MSC 2020] 81P05 - General and philosophical questions in quantum theory [MSC 2020] 03A10 - Logic in the philosophy of science [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Acausality in physics
Irreducible randomness Open Access Physical chaos Physical indeterminism Physical random number generators Randomness in physics Self-reflexive knowledge |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0211540 |
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| Cham, : Springer, 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Physical (A)Causality : Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events / Karl Svozil
| Physical (A)Causality : Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events / Karl Svozil |
| Autore | Svozil, Karl |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
00A30 - Philosophy of mathematics [MSC 2020]
03A10 - Logic in the philosophy of science [MSC 2020] 81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020] 81P05 - General and philosophical questions in quantum theory [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Acausality in physics
Irreducible randomness Physical chaos Physical indeterminism Physical random number generators Randomness in physics Self-reflexive knowledge |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00211540 |
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| Cham, : Springer, 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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