Reflection in the Waves

The Interdividual Observer in a Quantum Mechanical World

Pablo Bandera (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2019
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
9781611862829 (ISBN)

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The 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.

Pablo 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.

Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Th e Collapse of the Rational World Chapter 2. Modern Observation through Medieval Eyes Chapter 3. The Interdividual Observer Chapter 4. People and Things Hiding in Plain Sight Chapter 5. The Roots of Reality Chapter 6. From Reality to Truth Chapter 7. The Imitation of Truth Epilogue. Science and Religion Notes Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory
Zusatzinfo	2
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	114 x 152 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
ISBN-13	9781611862829 / 9781611862829
Zustand	Neuware