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Physics and Whitehead

Quantum, Process, and Experience

Paperback Engels 2009 9780791459140
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Leading scholars explore the connections between quantum physics and process philosophy.

Featuring discussions and dialogue by prominent scientists and philosophers, this book explores the rich interface of contemporary physics and Whitehead-inspired process thought. The contributors share the conviction that quantum physics not only corroborates many of Whitehead's philosophical theses, but is also illuminated by them. Thus, though differing in perspective or emphasis, the contributions by Geoffrey Chew, David Finkelstein, Henry Stapp and other scientists conceptually dovetail with those of Philip Clayton, Jorge Nobo, Yutaka Tanaka and other process philosophers.

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ISBN13:9780791459140
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:342

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Preface

Series Introduction

Part I. Physics and Whitehead


1 Introduction to Process Thought
Philip Clayton


2. Duality without Dualism
Timothy E. Eastman


3. Whitehead as Mathematical Physicist
Hank Keeton


4. Evidence for Process in the Physical World
John A. Jungerman


5. Dialogue for Part I

Part II. Order and Emergence


6. Constraints on the Origin of Coherence in Far-from-Equilibrium Chemical Systems
Joseph E. Earley Sr.


7. Whitehead's Philosophy and the Collapse of Quantum States
Shimon Malin


8. A Historical Reality That Includes Big Bang, Free Will, and Elementary Particles
Geoffrey F. Chew


9. Whiteheadian Process and Quantum Theory
Henry P. Stapp


10. Dialogue for Part II

Part III. Fundamental Processes


11. The Primacy of Asymmetry over Symmetry in Physics
Joe Rosen


12. Spacetime and Becoming: Overcoming the Contradiction Between Special Relativity and the Passage of Time
Niles Viggo Hansen


13. The Individuality of a Quantum Event: Whitehead's Epochal Theory of Time and Bohr's Framework or Complementarity
Yutaka Tanaka


14. Physical Process and Physical Law
David Ritz Finkelstein


15. Dialogue for Part III

Part IV. Metaphysics


16. Whitehead's Process Philosophy as Scientific Metaphysics
Franz G. Riffert


17. Whitehead and the Quantum Experience
Jorge Luis Nobo


18. Dialogue for Part IV

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Bibliography

Contributors

Note on Supporting Center

Index

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