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The World View of Contemporary Physics : Does It Need a New Metaphysics?
author
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Kitchener, Richard F.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0887067425
print isbn13
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9780887067426
ebook isbn13
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9780585055466
language
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English
subject
Physics--Congresses, Metaphysics--Congresses.
publication date
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1988
lcc
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QC1.W67 1988eb
ddc
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530
subject
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Physics--Congresses, Metaphysics--Congresses.
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The World View Of Contemporary Physics
Does It Need A New Metaphysics?
Edited with an Introduction by Richard F. Kitchener
State University of New York Press
Page iv
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The World view of contemporary physics: does it need a new metaphysics? / edited with an introduction by Richard F. Kitchener. p. cm. Papers from a conference held at Colorado State University, Sept. 1518, 1986. Includes index. ISBN 0-88706-741-7. ISBN 0-88706-742-5 (pbk.) 1. PhysicsCongresses. 2. MetaphysicsCongresses. I. Kitchener, Richard F., 1941 QC1.W67 1988 530dc1987-24084 CIP
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Contents
Preface
1
1. Introduction: The World View of Contemporary Physics: Does It Need a New Metaphysics?
Richard F. Kitchener
3
2. The Relation Between Natural Science and Metaphysics
Ivor Leclerc
25
3. Quantum Theory and the Physicist's Conception of Nature: Philosophical Implications of Bell's Theorem
Henry P. Stapp
38
4. How to Kill Schrdinger's Cat
Jeffrey Bub
59
5. The Universal Quantum
David Finkelstein
75
6. Do the New Concepts of Space and Time Require a New Metaphysics?
Milic Capek*
90
7. Space-Time and Probability: Classical and Quantal
Olivier Costa de Beauregard
105
8. The Rediscovery of Time
Ilya Prigogine
125
9. The Role of Physics in the Current Change of Paradigms
Fritjof Capra
144
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10. Contemporary Physics and Dialectical Holism
Errol E. Harris
156
Contributors
175
Index
177
Page 1
Preface
On September 15 through 18, 1986, a conference was held at Colorado State University on the theme "The World View of Contemporary Physics: Does It Need a New Metaphysics?" Nine internationally known scientists and philosophers presented papers at the conference, which are contained in the present volume (in their revised form). In editing these essays for publication, I have attempted to remove obvious traces of a conference setting, giving the essays a unity and coherence often lacking in conference proceedings by arranging them in a logical pattern and by editing them in the same format.
There was lively discussion between the participants and the audience, culminating in a stimulating panel discussion on the last day. Unfortunately, the speakers' comments and the panel discussion could not be published in the present volume; however, they are available on tape at Colorado State University.
This conference is the first in what we hope will be a series of conferences on the relationship between philosophy and science sponsored by the Endowment for Applied Philosophy and the Department of Philosophy of Colorado State University. The Endowment was established through the generous contribution of one individual who believes philosophy can and should be relevant to contemporary science. A series of conferences is only one of the ways in which philosophy can have some bearing on contemporary scientific theory and practice, and we are currently engaged in several other projects aimed at this end. Although he wishes to remain anonymous, all of us are grateful to him for his generosity and foresight.
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