The new physics and cosmology : dialogues with the Dalai Lama / edited and narrated by Arthur Zajonc with the assistance of Zara Houshmand ; with contributions by David Finkelstein [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- author.

Contributor:

Zajonc, Arthur, editor.

Houshmand, Zara, contributor.

Series:

Mind and life series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Mind and life series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Physics.

Quantum theory--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Quantum theory.

Buddhism--Doctrines.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with five leading physicists and a historian? This book documents their discussions about theoretical quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy. This book is a contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality.

Contents:

Contents; The Participants; Prelude; 1. Experiment and Paradox in Quantum Physics; 2. Philosophical Reflections on Quantum Realities; 3. Space, Time, and the Quantum; 4. Buddhist Views on Space and Time; 5. Quantum Logic Meets Buddhist Logic; 6. Participation and Personal Knowledge; 7. The Relation between Scientific Knowledge and Human Experience; 8. Investigating the World, Pondering the Mind; 9. New Images of the Universe; 10. Origins of the Universe and Buddhist Causality; 11. Science in Search of a Worldview; 12. Knowing and Suffering; Notes; About the Mind and Life Institute; Index; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773245-3

0-19-988283-5

1-280-50307-6

0-19-534782-X

1-60256-891-X

OCLC:

559934387