Re-Thinking Time at the Interface of Physics and Philosophy
The Forgotten Present
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2015
X, 274 pages
978-3-319-10446-1 (ISBN)
Description
The current volume of the Parmenides Series "On Thinking" addresses our deepest and most personal experience of the world, the experience of "the present," from a modern perspective combining physics and philosophy. Many prominent researchers have contributed articles to the volume, in which they present models and express their opinions on and, in some cases, also their skepticism about the subject and how it may be (or may not be) addressed, as well as which aspects they consider most relevant in this context.While Einstein might have once hoped that "the present" would find its place in the theory of general relativity, in a later discussion with Carnap he expressed his disappointment that he was never able to achieve this goal. This collection of articles provides a unique overview of different modern approaches, representing not only a valuable summary for experts, but also a nearly inexhaustible source of profound and novel ideas for those who are simply interested in this question.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
X, 274 p. 57 illus., 19 illus. in color.
File size
5,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-10446-1 (9783319104461)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-10446-1
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Albrecht von Müller | Thomas Filk
Re-Thinking Time at the Interface of Physics and Philosophy
The Forgotten Present
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06/2015
Springer
€106.99
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Content
The Forgotten Present.- Autogenetic Network Theory.- Relational Events and the Conflict Between Relativity and the Collapse.- Relativistic Interactions and the Structure of Time.- Instants in Physics - Point Mechanics and General Relativity.- Irreversibility and Collapse Models.- Time and the Algebraic Theory of Moments.- The Problem of Time and the Problem of Quantum Measurement.- Classical and Quantum Probability: The two Logics of Science.- Present and Future in Quantum Mechanics.- Quantum Physics and Presentism.- Now, Factuality and Conditio Humana.
