Physics and Whitehead: Quantum, Process, and ExperienceTimothy E. Eastman, Hank Keeton SUNY Press, 2004. gada 1. janv. - 322 lappuses 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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Introduction to Process Thought | 3 |
Duality without Dualism | 14 |
Whitehead as Mathematical Physicist | 31 |
Evidence for Process in the Physical World | 47 |
Dialogue for Part I | 57 |
Order and Emergence | 61 |
Constraints on the Origin of Coherence in FarfromEquilibrium Chemical Systems | 63 |
Whiteheads Philosophy and the Collapse of Quantum States | 74 |
The Individuality of a Quantum Event Whiteheads Epochal Theory of Time and Bohrs Framework of Complementarity | 164 |
Physical Process and Physical Law | 180 |
Dialogue for Part III | 187 |
Metaphysics | 197 |
Whiteheads Process Philosophy as Scientific Metaphysics | 199 |
Whitehead and the Quantum Experience | 223 |
Dialogue for Part IV | 258 |
Glossary | 275 |
A Historical Reality That Includes Big Bang Free Will and Elementary Particles | 84 |
Whiteheadian Process and Quantum Theory | 92 |
Dialogue for Part II | 103 |
Fundamental Processes | 127 |
The Primacy of Asymmetry over Symmetry in Physics | 129 |
Spacetime and Becoming Overcoming the Contradiction Between Special Relativity and the Passage of Time | 136 |
Bibliography | 287 |
Contributors | 299 |
Note on Supporting Center | 303 |
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SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought | 321 |
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A. N. Whitehead actual entities actual occasion actual world Alfred North Whitehead aspect atomic autocatalyst autocatalytic axioms basic becoming Bell's inequality Bell's theorem Bergson brain Bunge causal objectification Chew classical physics coherent collapse complete concepts concrete contemporary cosmology creativity David Ray Griffin defined discussion dualities dynamics Eastman Einstein electromagnetic electron ence enduring objects eternal objects existence extension field Finkelstein formal fundamental geometry global Hartshorne Heisenberg human experience idea immanent interpretation laws mathematical matter metaphysical modal modern nature nexus Nobo notion observer occasion's ontological particle past phase photon physicists possible Postmodern potential pre-events prehensions present principle Process and Reality process philosophy Process Studies quantum logic quantum mechanics quantum physics quantum system quantum theory question reference region relations relativity Riffert sense space space-time Stapp structure subjective form supersessional symmetry temporal facts things tion wave function Whitehead's metaphysics Whitehead's Philosophy Whiteheadian worldview