After Physics

Here the philosopher and physicist David Z Albert argues, among other things, that the difference between past and future can be understood as a mechanical phenomenon of nature and that quantum mechanics makes it impossible to present the entirety of what can be said about the world as a narrative of ¿befores¿ and ¿afters.¿

About the author

David Z Albert is Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and the author of Quantum Mechanics and Experience, Time and Chance, and After Physics. His writing has appeared in numerous scholarly journals of physics and philosophy, as well as in the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, and Scientific American.

Summary

Here the philosopher and physicist David Z Albert argues, among other things, that the difference between past and future can be understood as a mechanical phenomenon of nature and that quantum mechanics makes it impossible to present the entirety of what can be said about the world as a narrative of “befores” and “afters.”

Product details

• Authors: David Z Albert, David Z. Albert, Professor of Philosophy David Z (Columbia Albert, Professor of Philosophy David Z (Columbia University) Albert
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780674970878
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97087-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies