{"product_id":"the-search-for-a-naturalistic-world-view-volume-2-paperback-9780521377454","title":"The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 2 (Paperback) 9780521377454","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 2\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume collection of Abner Shimony's essays written over a period of forty years explores the interrelations between science and philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAbner Shimony (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521377454, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 March 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.664 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"There is so much to be learned and savored in these two volumes that my goal here has not been to 'summarize' Abner Shimony's Oeuvres, but to entice the reader into perusing this collection of masterfully written essays.\"   American Journal of Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAbner Shimony an eminent philosopher of science, whose work has exerted a profound influence in both the philosophy and physics communities. This two-volume collection of his essays written over a period of forty years explores the interrelations between science and philosophy. Shimony regards the knowing subject as an entity in nature whose faculties must be studied from the points of view of evolutionary biology and empirical psychology. He maintains that the twentieth century is one of the great ages of metaphysics, given the deep implications of quantum mechanics, relativity theory, and molecular biology. The first volume, Scientific Method and Epistemology, deals with the dialectic of subject and object, epistemic probability, induction and scientific theories, perception and conception, and fact and values. The focus of the second volume, Natural Sciences and Metaphysics, is on quantum mechanical measurement and non-locality, parts and wholes, time, and mind and matter.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Measurment in Quantum Theory: 1. Role of the observer in quantum theory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Approximate measurement in quantum mechanics with Mary H. Fehrs\u003cbr\u003e 3. Proposed neutron interferometer test of some non-linear variants of wave mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 4. Desiderata for modified quantum mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Filters with infinitely many components\u003cbr\u003e 6. Proposed neutron interferometer observation of the sign change of a spinor due to 2? precession with Michael A. Horne\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Quantum Entaglement and Nonlocality: 7. Experimental consequences of local hidden-variable theories\u003cbr\u003e 8. An exposition of Bell's theorem\u003cbr\u003e 9. Contextual hidden variables theories and Bell's inequalities\u003cbr\u003e 10. Controllable and uncontrollable nonlocality\u003cbr\u003e 11. Events and processes in the quantum world\u003cbr\u003e 12. An exchange on local beables: comment on Bell's theory with Michael A. Horne and John F. Clauser\u003cbr\u003e 13. Physical and philosophical issues of the Bohr-Einstein debate\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Complex Systems: 14. The methodology of synthesis: parts and wholes in low energy physics\u003cbr\u003e 15. Some proposals concerning parts and wholes\u003cbr\u003e 16. The non-existence of a principle of natural selection: reply to Sober\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Time: 17. Towards a revision of the protophysics of time\u003cbr\u003e 18. The transient now\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Mental and the Physical: 19. Quantum physics and the philosophy of Whitehead\u003cbr\u003e 20. Reflections on the philosophy of Bohr, Heisenberg and Schrödinger\u003cbr\u003e 21. Wave-packet reduction as a medium of communication with Joseph Hall, Christopher Kim, and Brian MecElroy\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005463286040,"sku":"9780521377454","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521377454i_08c8231c-5889-48f7-93af-13fd45277e72.jpg?v=1691376041","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-search-for-a-naturalistic-world-view-volume-2-paperback-9780521377454","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}