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Wuppuluri, Shyam |
From Electrons to Elephants and Elections |
I12534 |
2022 |
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Grodzicki, Michael |
Physical Reality ??? Construction or Discovery? |
I11755 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Allori, Valia |
Do Wave Functions Jump? |
I11592 |
2021 |
eBook |
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| Title | From Electrons to Elephants and Elections : Exploring the Role of Content and Context |
| Author(s) | Wuppuluri, Shyam;Stewart, Ian |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XXX, 876 p. 54 illus., 28 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields, from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay between content and context, reductionism and holism and their meeting point: the notion of emergence. Much of today???s science is reductionist (bottom-up); in other words, behaviour on one level is explained by reducing it to components on a lower level. Chemistry is reduced to atoms, ecosystems are explained in terms of DNA and proteins, etc. This approach fails quickly since we can???t cannot extrapolate to the properties of atoms solely from Schr??dinger's equation, nor figure out protein folding from an amino acid sequence or obtain the phenotype of an organism from its genotype. An alternative approach to this is holism (top-down). Consider an ecosystem or an organism as a whole: seek patterns on the same scale. Model a galaxy not as 400 billion-point masses (stars) but as an object in its own right with its own properties (spiral, elliptic). Or a hurricane as a structured form of moist air and water vapour. Reductionism is largely about content, whereas holistic models are more attuned to context. Reductionism (content) and holism (context) are not opposing philosophies ??? in fact, they work best in tandem. Join us on a journey to understand the multifaceted dialectic concerning this duo and how they shape the foundations of sciences and humanities, our thoughts and, the very nature of reality itself |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030921927 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOMATHEMATICS
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. Eastern Philosophy
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. Knowledge, Theory of
8. Mathematical and Computational Biology
9. NEUROSCIENCE
10. Neurosciences
11. Philosophy, Asian
12. STATISTICAL MECHANICS
13. SYSTEM THEORY
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| Title | Do Wave Functions Jump? : Perspectives of the Work of GianCarlo Ghirardi |
| Author(s) | Allori, Valia;Bassi, Angelo;Drr, Detlef;Zanghi, Nino |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XV, 436 p. 122 illus., 40 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is a tribute to the scientific legacy of GianCarlo Ghirardi, who was one of the most influential scientists in the field of modern foundations of quantum theory. In this appraisal, contributions from friends, collaborators and colleagues reflect the influence of his world of thoughts on theory, experiments and philosophy, while also offering prospects for future research in the foundations of quantum physics. The themes of the contributions revolve around the physical reality of the wave function and its notorious collapse, randomness, relativity and experiments |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030467777 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. EPISTEMOLOGY
5. GRAVITATION
6. Knowledge, Theory of
7. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
8. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
9. Physics???Philosophy
10. QUANTUM PHYSICS
11. Science???Philosophy
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