Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (American Philosophy Series, No. 14)
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: July 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780823223190
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Philosophy of science; Whitehead, Alfred North,; Physics; Science; General; Philosophy; 1861-1947; Quantum Theory
Description: "This book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmological scheme." "Moving systematically - concept by concept, phase by phase - Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work. He details Whitehead's struggles to fashion an ontology that would be coherent with quantum anomalies, one that can reshape the sense of strangeness or inconceivability of many important physical notions." "Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an essential new dimension to our understanding of the architecture and meaning of Whitehead's metaphysics - and of the constantly enriching encounter of science and philosophy in our century."--BOOK JACKET.