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Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / Michael Epperson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: American PhilosophyPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823285143
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.12/01
LOC classification:
  • QC174.13
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 2. The Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- 3. The Evolution of Actuality to Probability -- 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 -- 5. Spatiotemporal Extension -- 6. Summary and Outlook -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology. Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work-and details Whitehead's attempts to fashion an ontology coherent with quantum anomalies.Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an essential new dimension to our understanding of Whitehead-and of the constantly enriching encounter between science and philosophy in our century.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 2. The Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- 3. The Evolution of Actuality to Probability -- 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 -- 5. Spatiotemporal Extension -- 6. Summary and Outlook -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index

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In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology. Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work-and details Whitehead's attempts to fashion an ontology coherent with quantum anomalies.Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an essential new dimension to our understanding of Whitehead-and of the constantly enriching encounter between science and philosophy in our century.

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