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Determinism and Free Will : New Insights from Physics, Philosophy, and Theology / by Fabio Scardigli, Gerard 't Hooft, Emanuele Severino, Piero Coda.
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- Author/Creator:
- Scardigli, Fabio, author.
- 't Hooft, Gerard, author.
- Severino, Emanuele, author.
- Coda, Piero, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Theology.
- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
- Christian Theology.
- Local Subjects:
- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
- Metaphysics.
- Christian Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VI, 119 pages) : 1 illustrations
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- In this small book, theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel prize 1999), philosopher Emanuele Severino (Lincei Academician), and theologian Piero Coda (Pontifical Lateran University) confront one another on a topic that lies at the roots of quantum mechanics and at the origin of Western thought: Determinism and Free Will. "God does not play dice" said Einstein, a tenacious determinist. Quantum Mechanics and its clash with General Relativity have reanimated ancient dilemmas about chance and necessity: Is Nature deterministic? Is Man free? The "free-will theorem" by Conway and Kochen, and the deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics proposed by 't Hooft, revive such philosophical questions in modern Physics. Is Becoming real? Is the Elementary Event a product of the Case? The cyclopean clash between Heraclitus and Parmenides has entered a new episode, as evidenced by the essays in this volume.
- Contents:
- Introduction (Fabio Scardigli)
- Free Will in the Theory of Everything (Gerard 't Hooft)
- Phenomenology, Freedom, Causality, and the Origin of Western Civilization (Emanuele Severino)
- Grace, Freedom, Relation (Piero Coda).
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- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-05505-9
- 9783030055059
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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