Philosophical Reflections And Syntheses

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 631 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642783746

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Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses by Eugene Paul Wigner Pdf

Among the founding fathers of modern quantum physics few have contributed to our basic understanding of its concepts as much as E.P. Wigner. His articles on the epistemology of quantum mechanics and the measurement problem, and the basic role of symmetries were of fundamental importance for all subsequent work. He was also the first to discuss the concept of consciousness from the point of view of modern physics. G.G. Emch edited most of those papers and wrote a very helpful introduction into Wigner's contributions to Natural Philosophy. The book should be a gem for all those interested in the history and philosophy of science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1993-12-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3540565604

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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner by Anonim Pdf

Eugene Wigner is one of the few giants of 20th-century physics. The present annotated volume begins with a short biographical sketch followed by Wigner's papers on group theory, an extremely powerful tool he created for theoretical quantum physics.

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662077917

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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner by Eugene Paul Wigner Pdf

Not only was E.P. Wigner one of the most active creators of 20th century physics, he was also always interested in expressing his opinion in philosophical, political or sociological matters. This volume of his collected works covers a wide selection of his essays.

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner,Jagdish Mehra,Arthur S Wightman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-09-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3642783759

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Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses by Eugene Paul Wigner,Jagdish Mehra,Arthur S Wightman Pdf

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Mathematical physics
ISBN : LCCN:92038376

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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner: Philosophical reflections and syntheses by Eugene Paul Wigner Pdf

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Physics
ISBN : 0387553436

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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner by Eugene Paul Wigner Pdf

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Mathematical physics
ISBN : LCCN:92038376

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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner: Historical, philosophical, and socio-political papers. V. 6. Philosophical reflections and syntheses by Eugene Paul Wigner Pdf

Author : E.P. Wigner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642588624

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Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense by E.P. Wigner Pdf

E.P. Wigner, one of the leading scientists involved in the early development of nuclear technology, had always in mind its political and social implications. In the 60s persuing his goal of a peaceful open world he began to develop the concept of Civil Defense against nuclear attacks. Looking back one might see this as an alternative to the concept of the Nuclear Shield. The present volume contains a selection of Wigner's writings on this subject. It is annotated by Conrad Chester.

Author : Nathan Widder
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271033945

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Reflections on Time and Politics by Nathan Widder Pdf

"Explores the nature of time and its implications for questions of politics, ethics, and the self. Shows how a conception of time that breaks with common sense notions of chronological order can help us rethink the understandings of identity, difference, power, resistance, and overcoming"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Mathematical physics
ISBN : LCCN:92038376

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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner: Historical, hilisophical, and socio-political papers. v. 6. Philosophical reflections and syntheses by Eugene Paul Wigner Pdf

Author : Amélie Oksenberg Rorty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195176551

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The Many Faces of Philosophy by Amélie Oksenberg Rorty Pdf

This historically based collection of philosophers' reflections--the letters, journals and prefaces that reveals their hopes and hesitations, their triumphs and struggles, their deepest doubts and convictions--allows us to witness philosophical thought in process. Ranging from Plato to Hannah Arendt, with contributions from 44 philosophers (Augustine, Maimonides, AlGhazali, Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, among others) this remarkable collection documents philosophers' claim that they change as well as understand the world. In her introductory essay, "Witnessing Philosophers," Amelie Rorty locates philosophers' reflections in the larger context of the many facets of their other activities and commitments.

Author : M.C. Doeser,J.N. Kraay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400944541

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Facts and Values by M.C. Doeser,J.N. Kraay Pdf

The answer to philosophical questions will often depend on the position one takes regarding the fact-value problem. It is, therefore, not surprising that, in the tradition of western philosophy, the past 200 years or so record an animated discussion of it. In the present collection the debate is continued by representatives of various "schools" in contemporary western thought. A number of philosophers from non-western cultures, too, enter into it. The contributions do not all reflect on the same theme, nor do they use the same approach. Essays written by philosophers sympathetic to the analytical tradition are followed by reflections on the part of those inspired by phe nomenology. A third group of contributions is by non-western thinkers, who are more likely to approach the problem in terms of culture. Their engage ment with the issue clearly shows, among other things, that it is almost exclusively in the western tradition that the fact-value distinction is often understood as an outright dichotomy. The occasion for the publication of this collection is Dr. Cornelis Anthonie van Peursen's retirement as Professor of Philosophy. This year he leaves the Free University, Amsterdam; until 1982 he was professor at the University of Leyden as well. In the Netherlands and beyond he has become known for his concern with constructive comparison of diverging philosophical trends and the cross-cultural fertilization of thought. Characteristic of his career are his efforts to render the results of academic philosophizing understand able to a broader audience.

Author : Saitya Brata Das
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000416954

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What is Thinking? by Saitya Brata Das Pdf

The philosophical essays of this collection argue, each time from a singular perspective, that the task of thinking is to release the element of the unconditional from various closures, and thus to make it manifest as the true and the essential task of our individual and social existence. Naming this unconditional element as the "messianic", the book displays the profound ethico-political significance of messianic thought for our contemporary world. This book is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print versions of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author : Arthur S. Wightman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642590337

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Part I: Physical Chemistry. Part II: Solid State Physics by Arthur S. Wightman Pdf

The fourth volume of the Collected Works is devoted to Wigners contribution to physical chemistry, statistical mechanics and solid-state physics. One corner stone was his introduction of what is now called the Wigner function, while his paper on adiabatic perturbations foreshadowed later work on Berry phases. Although few in number, Wigners articles on solid-state physics laid the foundations for the modern theory of the electronic structure of metals.

Author : Olival Freire Junior
Publisher : Springer
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662446621

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The Quantum Dissidents by Olival Freire Junior Pdf

This book tells the fascinating story of the people and events behind the turbulent changes in attitudes to quantum theory in the second half of the 20th century. The huge success of quantum mechanics as a predictive theory has been accompanied, from the very beginning, by doubts and controversy about its foundations and interpretation. This book looks in detail at how research on foundations evolved after WWII, when it was revived, until the mid 1990s, when most of this research merged into the technological promise of quantum information. It is the story of the quantum dissidents, the scientists who brought this subject from the margins of physics into its mainstream. It is also a history of concepts, experiments, and techniques, and of the relationships between physics and the world at large, touching on themes such as the Cold War, McCarthyism, Zhdanovism, and the unrest of the late 1960s.