Einstein, Tagore and the Nature of Reality
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-84893-614-0 (ISBN)
Description
The nature of reality remains a deeply contested subject amongst scientists and philosophers. When Albert Einstein met Rabindranath Tagore in 1930, it was this topic that occupied their discussion. Ghose takes the event as the starting point for this collection, with contributions from a distinguished team of scholars. Current debates in philosophy and science are considered, with essays on quantum physics, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mathematics and the natural sciences. The Tagore-Einstein discussion provides the vantage point from which to address vital questions of scientific truth, its epistemology and methodology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84893-614-0 (9781848936140)
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Partha Ghose is currently Honorary Scientist at the National Academy of Sciences, India. His current research interest is in the Hilbert space structure of Classical Mechanics and Classical Electrodynamics and the interface of quantum and classical physics, as well as in cosmology and a unified theory of gravity and electromagnetism. His publications include Testing Quantum Mechanics on New Ground (2006) and Riddles in Your Teacup (1990).
Content
Preface - Partha Ghose Introduction - Andrew Robinson Part I: Space-Time and Reality 1 Einstein on the Reality and Causal Efficacy of Space-Time - Harvey Brown and Dennis Lehmkuhl 2 The Hole Argument and the Nature of Space-Time: A Critical Review from a Constructivist Perspective - Tian Yu Cao Part II: Quantum Mechanics and Reality 3 Quantum Mechanics and Reality - Charles Bennett 4 Einstein and Tagore, Newton and Blake, Everett and Bohr - Anthony Sudbery Part III: General Philosophy of Science 5 Physical Reality and the Unobservables of Physical Nature - C S Unnikrishnan 6 Physics, Reality and Human Knowledge - Ravi Gomatam 7 Is there Practice in the Method of Science? - K Sridhar 8 Concerning the Nature of Reality - Tushar K Sarkar Part IV: Reality and Cognitive Science 9 Cognitive Constraints on the Perception of Reality - Avi Chaudhuri 10 Embodied Cognition and the Constructivist View of Reality - Partha Ghose Part V: Mathematical Reality 11 Godel's Incompleteness Theorems and Mathematical Reality - Mihir C Chakraborty Appendix: Tagore-Einstein Dialogue on the Nature of Reality