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

McCall, Storrs

ISBN 10: 0198236220 / ISBN 13: 9780198236221

Editore: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996, 1996

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8vo, card covers; x, 328pp. First paperback printing. VG+: clean covers, quite solid binding, clean edges, unmarked text.

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• Titolo: A Model of the Universe: Space-Time, Probability, and Decision
• Editore: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198236220
• ISBN 13: 9780198236221
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Philosophy

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Riassunto

Storrs McCall presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space-time structure and argues that the fact that the model throws light on such a large number of problems constitutes strong evidence that the universe is as the model portrays it. An ambitious, controversial, and ingenious idea for a completely new metaphysical foundation for philosophy and physics, this book discusses a broad range of topics within the framework of the new theory, and will be of special interest to physicists for its original new interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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`the most coherent and fully worked-out account of the universe that takes seriously indeterminism and the dynamic nature of time ... McCall's branching-tree model is the best alternative version yet to be produced ... his discussion of quantum mechanics is well-informed and illuminating ... clear, well-argued and accessible ... It is a must for every philosophical library, and any philosopher who is serious about metaphysics or interested in contemporary topics in philosophical logic.' (J.R. Lucas, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science)