Physics and Speculative Philosophy

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Physics and Speculative Philosophy

Potentiality in Modern Science

Edited by: Timothy E. Eastman, Michael Epperson and David Ray Griffin

Volume 27 in the series Process Thought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110451818

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About this book

Through both an historical and philosophical analysis of the concept of possibility, we show how including both potentiality and actuality as part of the real is both compatible with experience and contributes to solving key problems of fundamental process and emergence. The book is organized into four main sections that incorporate our routes to potentiality: (1) potentiality in modern science [history and philosophy; quantum physics and complexity]; (2) Relational Realism [ontological interpretation of quantum physics; philosophy and logic]; (3) Process Physics [ontological interpretation of relativity theory; physics and philosophy]; (4) on speculative philosophy and physics [limitations and approximations; process philosophy]. We conclude that certain fundamental problems in modern physics require complementary analyses of certain philosophical and metaphysical issues, and that such scholarship reveals intrinsic features and limits of determinism, potentiality and emergence that enable, among others, important progress on the quantum theory of measurement problem and new understandings of emergence.

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T.E. Eastman, Silver Spring, MD; M. Epperson, California State Univ. Sacramento; D.R. Griffin, Claremont School of Theol., all USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Physics And Speculative Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I: Potentiality In Modern Science
Potentiality In Natural Philosophy Karim Bschir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Res Potentia And Res Extensa Linked, Hence United, By Quantum Measurement Stuart Kauffman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Section II: Relational Realism
Bridging Necessity And Contingency In Quantum Mechanics Potentiality, Actuality, and the Scientific Rehabilitation of Process Ontology Michael Epperson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Boolean Localization Of Quantum Events A Processual Sheaf-Theoretic Approach Elias Zafiris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
A Logical Analysis Of Relational Realism George Shields Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Section III: Process Physics
On The Foundations Of Process Physics Christopher M. Klinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Process Physics: Self-Referential Information And Experiential Reality Reginald T. Cahill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
On “Process Physics” Timothy E. Eastman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Section IV: Speculative Philosophy And Physics
Limitations, Approximations And Reality Timothy E. Eastman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Whiteheadian Physics: Its Implications For Time, Consciousness, And Freedom David Ray Griffin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, institutions, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 275
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Coloured Illustrations: 15
- Tables: 5
Keywords: possibility; emergence; creativity; realism; quantum physics

eBook

Published: February 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110451818

Hardcover

Published: February 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110449754