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OverviewThe incredible success of quantum theory as a mathematical model makes it especially frustrating that we cannot agree on a plausible philosophical or metaphysical description of it. Some philosophers of science have noticed certain parallels between quantum theory and the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, and these parallels are deepened and strengthened if the “observer” of modern physics is associated with the “intellect” of scholastic ontology. In this case we are talking about a human observer. But this type of observer has a unique quality that is not considered at all by either physics or scholastic philosophy - the human observer is mimetic and therefore “interdividual”. By taking this fundamental anthropological fact into account, it turns out that the critical gaps still separating Aquinas from modern physicists can be effectively closed, reconciling the realism of Aquinas with the empirical evidence of quantum mechanics. This book explores this new bridge between the physical and the human - a bridge essentially designed by scholastic theory, clarified by mimetic theory, and built by quantum theory - and the path it opens to that metaphysical understanding for which philosophers of modern science have been striving. It is an understanding, not merely of the physical but of physics in the fuller sense of what is real and what is true. Here the reader will find a physics that describes the natural world and our place as mimetic observers within it. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pablo BanderaPublisher: Michigan State University Press Imprint: Michigan State University Press Dimensions: Width: 11.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9781611862829ISBN 10: 1611862825 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 28 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""This beautifully well-written book--Pablo Bandera has a gift for making the intricacies of quantum physics accessible to the average reader--constitutes a fundamental contribution. Not only does it illustrate how mimetic theory can be relevant to fields, at first sight, as foreign to it as fundamental physics, but in the process it also provides an original, renewed understanding of the quantum universe."" --PAUL DUMOUCHEL, author of The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays and The Barren Sacrifice" This beautifully well-written book--Pablo Bandera has a gift for making the intricacies of quantum physics accessible to the average reader--constitutes a fundamental contribution. Not only does it illustrate how mimetic theory can be relevant to fields, at first sight, as foreign to it as fundamental physics, but in the process it also provides an original, renewed understanding of the quantum universe. --PAUL DUMOUCHEL, author of The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays and The Barren Sacrifice This beautifully well-written book--Pablo Bandera has a gift for making the intricacies of quantum physics accessible to the average reader--constitutes a fundamental contribution. Not only does it illustrate how mimetic theory can be relevant to fields, at first sight, as foreign to it as fundamental physics, but in the process it also provides an original, renewed understanding of the quantum universe. --PAUL DUMOUCHEL, author of The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays and The Barren Sacrifice Author InformationPablo Bandera is a physicist and aerospace engineer specializing in the design and development of new technologies. He holds more than a dozen patents and has published papers on various technical and philosophical subjects. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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