Physics and Speculative Philosophy
eBook - ePub

Physics and Speculative Philosophy

Potentiality in Modern Science

  1. 281 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Physics and Speculative Philosophy

Potentiality in Modern Science

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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Yes, you can access Physics and Speculative Philosophy by Timothy E. Eastman,Michael Epperson,David Ray Griffin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Epistemology in Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9783110450477
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Epistemology in Philosophy

Index

absolute space See Euclidean space
absolute motion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 See relativity theory
abstraction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
actual See potential
actual entities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, See actualities; actual entity
actual infinity of past process 1
actual occasion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
actual quantum entity 1 See actual entity
actual/potential distinction 1, 2, 3
actualism See modal realism
actualities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 See possibilities
actuality 1, 2, 3, 4 See actualities; potentiality; real; levels of reality
actualization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 See actual entities; change
actualization of events 1, 2
actualization of potentia 1, 2, 3, 4
adjunctions 1 See internal relations; adversion
adversion 1
æther ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Physics and Speculative Philosophy
  6. Section I: Potentiality in Modern Science
  7. Section II: Relational Realism
  8. Section III: Process Physics
  9. Section IV: Speculative Philosophy and Physics
  10. Index
  11. Footnotes