Model of the Universe - Space-Time, Probability, and Decision

Zusatztext His handling of the problems is invariably illuminating and exciting ... Of the many topics with which McCall deals, the most interesting is that of human decision. He delineates with exceptional clarity the way in which a free decision has to occupy a niche lying between rigid determinism on one hand and blind chance on the other ... McCall's arguments ... open our eyes to the very real cosmic role for humanity.A completely new metaphysical foundation for philosophy and physics Zusammenfassung Storrs McCall presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space-time structure. He shows that this theory can illuminate a wide variety of hitherto unresolved philosophical problems. These include: the direction and flow of time; the nature of scientific laws; the interpretation of quantum mechanics; the definition of probability; counterfactual semantics; and the notions of identity, essential properties, deliberation, decision, and free will. A particular instance of the explanatory powers of the proposed space-time model is its account of quantum non-locality in the EPR and GHZ experiments.Professor McCall argues that the fact that the model explains and throws light on such a broad range of problems constitutes strong evidence that the universe is as the model portrays it.

Product details

• Authors: Storrs Mccall, Storrs (Associate Professor of Philosophy McCall, McCall Storrs
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.1994
• EAN: 9780198240532
• ISBN: 978-0-19-824053-2
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy; Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science