Einstein, Tagore and the Nature of Reality

The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary world. The important question that Tagore and E

Table des matières

Introduction Kathleen M. O'Connell 1. Einstein, the Reality of Space and the Action-Reaction Principle Harvey R. Brown and Dennis Lehmkuhl 2. The Hole Argument and the Nature of Spacetime: A Critical Review from a Constructivist Perspective Tian Yu Cao 3. Quantum Information and Reality, Especially the Reality of the Past and Future Charles H. Bennett 4. Einstein and Tagore, Newton and Blake, Everett and Bohr: The Dual Nature of Reality Anthony Sudbery 5. Toward Relational Reality: From Einstein and Tagore to Gaudiya Vaishnava Vedanta Ravi V. Gomatam 6. Science, Poiesis and Visions of Reality Tushar K. Sarkar 7. Physical Reality and the Unobservables of Physical Nature C. S. Unnikrishnan 8. High-Energy Physics and Post-Empiricism K. Sridhar 9. Cognitive Constraints on the Perception of Reality Avi Chaudhuri 10. Embodied Cognition and the Constructivist View of Reality Partha Ghose 11. Incompleteness Theorems and Realities: A Tale of Three Great Thinkers Mihir Kr. Chakraborty Appendix 1 Einstein-Tagore conversation on the Nature of Reality Appendix 2 Einstein-Tagore conversation on Youth, Causality and Music

A propos de l'auteur

Partha Ghose is an Honorary Scientist at The National Academy of Sciences, India

Résumé

The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary world. The important question that Tagore and E

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Partha Ghose, Partha (Honorary Scientist Ghose, Partha (National Academy of Sciences Ghose, Partha (The National Academy of Sciences Ghose
• Collaboration: Partha Ghose (Editeur), Ghose Partha (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367737016
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73701-6
• Pages: 238
• Thème: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Philosophy of Science, Neurosciences, Philosophy of Mathematics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Applied mathematics, Philosophy: logic, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy