W.C. Myrvold, J. Christian (Eds.) Quantum Reality, Relativistic Causality, and Closing the Epistemic Circle Essays in Honour of Abner Shimony

Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, Vol. 73

▶ Articles by many of the leading researchers in physics and the philosophy of physics ▶ Contains a wide range of topics in foundations of physics ▶ Includes a transcript of a fascinating discussion between Lee Smolin and Shimony, two of the best-known thinkers in these areas

In July 2006, a major international conference was held at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada, to celebrate the career and work of a remarkable man of letters. Abner Shimony, who is well known for his pioneering contributions to foundations of quantum mechanics, is a physicist as well as a philosopher, and is highly 2009, XI, 516 p. respected among the intellectuals of both communities. In line with Shimony’s conviction that philosophical investigation is not to be divorced from theoretical and empirical work in the sciences, the conference brought together leading theoretical physicists, Printed book experimentalists, as well as philosophers. This book collects twenty-three original essays Hardcover stemming from the conference, on topics including history and methodology of science, Bell's theorem, probability theory, the uncertainty principle, stochastic modifications ▶ 179,99 € | £159.99 | $219.99 of quantum mechanics, and relativity theory. It ends with a transcript of a fascinating ▶ *192,59 € (D) | 197,99 € (A) | CHF 212.50 discussion between Lee Smolin and Shimony, ranging over the entire spectrum of Shimony's wide-ranging contributions to philosophy, science, and philosophy of science. eBook Available from your bookstore or ▶ springer.com/shop

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