Mind and reality
Subtitle: the space-time window
By: Wolfram Schommers, University of Texas at Arlington, USA & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9789814556767; 9789814556774
Subjects: Quantum theory; Inertia (Mechanics); Space and time; Reality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter One. Basic questions: The space as container; Two space-time types?; Inertia; Nature os space and time; Inside world and outside world; Dialogue with nature; Scientific realism; Real and metaphysical elements; Positivism; Classification within container theory; Classification within the frame of the projection principle; The projection principle versus the container principle; The shape of the observer in the basic reality; The products of imagination; Summary of the main statements; title: Chapter Two. The impact of evolution: The influence of evolution; Information; No principal difference between matter and mind; Traditional views; Final remarks and summary; title: Chapter Three. Other observers: Heinz von Főrster; Essential condition:equivalence of all observers; Other biological systems: Geometrical iptics; Different images of the same object; Constancy phenomena; Summary and final comments; title: Chapter Four. Specific space-time phenomena: Newton's mechanics and theory of relativity; An extended form of Mach's principle; Inertia within projection theory; Dark matter in the projection theory; Travelling through space and time; Summary; title: Appendix A; title: F.