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Economics and Physical Science

Stephen J. DeCanio

Modern physical science has moved a considerable distance from the deterministic materialism of the nineteenth century. Even then, the inclusion of fields (gravitational, magnetic, and electric) complemented the massy, solid atoms in making up the world-picture of physics. But in the twentieth century, science replaced the earlier ontology entirely. Quantum mechanics, the crowning achievement of modern physics, has re-opened ages-old questions about the nature of reality, causation, and the connection between consciousness and the external world. The fundamental ground of modern physics is at the epistemological level — what we can know about physical systems is basic, rather than an onto-logical account of the world as it ‘really is.’ These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.Modern physical science has moved a considerable distance from the deterministic materialism of the nineteenth century. Even then, the inclusion of fields (gravitational, magnetic, and electric) complemented the massy, solid atoms in making up the world-picture of physics. But in the twentieth century, science replaced the earlier ontology entirely. Quantum mechanics, the crowning achievement of modern physics, has re-opened ages-old questions about the nature of reality, causation, and the connection between consciousness and the external world. The fundamental ground of modern physics is at the epistemological level — what we can know about physical systems is basic, rather than an onto-logical account of the world as it ‘really is.’ These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooksJan 1, 20140 citations

Are there unsolved problems in the interpretation of quantum mechanics?

Roland L. Omnes

Springer eBooksApr 7, 20089 citations

Is Another Physics Needed to Explain Fundamental Fluctuations in Physical Measurements?

Valeriy A. Kolombet

In the course of empirical investigations of spontaneous alterations in the measured rates of biochemical reactions, new quantum effects were found. Theoretical attempts to interpret these effects lead to a new physical idea of the existence of a “non-Bornian” physics based on a modified link between the wave function and probability. Herein we deal with new “non-Bornian” effects in physics and biology. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.In the course of empirical investigations of spontaneous alterations in the measured rates of biochemical reactions, new quantum effects were found. Theoretical attempts to interpret these effects lead to a new physical idea of the existence of a “non-Bornian” physics based on a modified link between the wave function and probability. Herein we deal with new “non-Bornian” effects in physics and biology. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Vieweg+Teubner eBooksJan 1, 19960 citations

A Brief Survey of Main Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

Jarosław Pykacz

SpringerBriefs in physicsJan 1, 20157 citations

Introduction and Overview (1): Selected Questions in Quantum Mechanics

Andrii Iurov

Springer tracts in modern physicsJan 1, 20240 citations

A Metaphysical Taxonomy of Emergent Entities

Richard Campbell

Metaphysical models by which we understand the fundamental make-up of our universe are all the more plausible when informed by empirically confirmed scientific theory. I have argued that contemporary physics tells us that there are no elementary particles , in any metaphysically serious sense of the word “particle”. Quantum phenomena are not concrete particular entities. The replacement of quantum mechanics by quantum field theory has major consequences for our metaphysics, in that it calls into question the tradition of according categorial priority to particular entities. Instead, categorial priority should be accorded to generic processes. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.Metaphysical models by which we understand the fundamental make-up of our universe are all the more plausible when informed by empirically confirmed scientific theory. I have argued that contemporary physics tells us that there are no elementary particles , in any metaphysically serious sense of the word “particle”. Quantum phenomena are not concrete particular entities. The replacement of quantum mechanics by quantum field theory has major consequences for our metaphysics, in that it calls into question the tradition of according categorial priority to particular entities. Instead, categorial priority should be accorded to generic processes. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooksJan 1, 20150 citations

Alleys to Be Further Investigated and Open Questions

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