Physics
A Science in Quest of an Ontology
2nd Edition
Published on 31. October 2023
164 pages
979-8-9885769-8-3 (ISBN)
Description
To the extent that modern physics possesses an ontology at all, it has tended to be the Cartesian doctrine of "bifurcation." Not only, however, does this thesis prove to be untenable, but since the advent of quantum theory it has rendered physics de facto incomprehensible. This book introduces an astoundingly uncomplicated and inherently Platonist ontology in which the quantum theoretic stratum assumes its rightful place within the hierarchy of being.
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Person
Wolfgang Smith graduated from Cornell at age eighteen with majors in physics, mathematics, and philosophy. He subsequently contributed a theoretical solution to the re-entry problem for space flight. After taking his doctorate in mathematics at Columbia, he served for thirty years as professor of mathematics at M.I.T., U.C.L.A., and Oregon State University. Smith then devoted himself to correcting the fallacies of scientistic belief, focusing on foundational problems pertaining to quantum theory and visual perception by way of the traditional tripartite cosmology.
Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Part I
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Part II
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Index of Names
- About the Author
- Part III
- 1
- 2
