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Quantum Mechanics And the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newburyport :
Fordham University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 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
- Series List