A Model of the Universe : Space-Time, Probability, and Decision Hardback
by Storrs (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, McGill Univers McCall
Part of the Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy series
Hardback
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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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:338 pages, line figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/02/1994
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- ISBN:9780198240532
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:338 pages, line figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/02/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198240532
