Contextuality from quantm physics to psychology / edited by Ehtibar Dzhafarov, Purdue University, USA [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dzhafarov, Ehtibar N., editor.

Series:

Advanced series on mathematical psychology ; v. 6.

Advanced series on mathematical psychology ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Contextualism (Philosophy).

Context effects (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The book explores the variety of meanings of contextuality across different disciplines, with the emphasis on quantum physics and on psychology."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Conversations on Contextuality; Conversation 1; Conversation 2; Conversation 3; Acknowledgments; References; 2. Contextual Semantics; 1. Introduction; 2. Alice and Bob Look at Bits; 3. Logic Rings a Bell; 3.1. Logical analysis of the Bell table; 3.2. A crash course in qubits; 3.3. Compound systems and entanglement; 3.4. From the Bell state to the Bell table; 4. The \Hardy Paradox""; 4.1. What do \observables"" observe?; 5. Mathematical Structure of Possibility Tables; 6. Relational Databases and Bell's Theorem; 6.1. Universal relations; 6.2. Hidden variables and all that

6.3. Contextual semantics7. Kochen-Specker Models; 8. Discussion and Further Reading; 8.1. The sheaf-theoretic approach; 8.2. Logical Bell inequalities; 8.3. Contextual semantics in classical computation; Acknowledgments; References; 3. From Coupling to Copula; 1. Introduction; 2. Coupling; 3. Copula; 4. Example from Multisensory Modeling; Acknowledgments; References; 4. Einstein, Bohm, and Leggett-Garg; 1. Introduction; 2. Is Macrorealism Plausible?; 3. The Leggett{Garg Inequalities; 4. LG Inequalities and Contextuality; Acknowledgments; References

5. It is the Theory Which Decides What We Can Observe1. Introduction; 2. A Pendulum in a Stroboscopic World; 3. Bohmian Mechanics; 4. Neural Networks; 5. Quantum-like Contextuality; 6. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 6. Reality, Contextuality, and Probability in Quantum Theory and Beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. An Outline of the Key Concepts; 3. Quantum Reality and Quantum Probability; 4. Complementarity and Contextuality: The Nature of Physical Reality According to the EPR Experiment; 5. Epilogue: On Contextuality Beyond Quantum Physics; Acknowledgments; References

7. Contextual Emergence1. Introduction; 2. Contextual Emergence: The Conceptual Scheme; 3. Mechanics and Thermodynamics; 4. Contextual Emergence of Mental States and Observables; 5. Other Applications and Perspectives; References; 8. Contextuality in Physics and Quantum Cognition; 1. Introduction; 2. Contextuality in QM; 3. Contextuality in Quantum Cognition; 4. Describing Contextual Probabilities; 5. Final Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 9. End-Directedness and Context in Nonliving Dissipative Systems; 1. Introduction; 2. End-Directedness in a Physical-Electrical Dissipative Structure

2.1. A physical-electrical dissipative structure2.2. End-directed tree formation; 2.3. Dynamic tree motion; 2.4. Conclusions: End-directedness in formation and dynamic motion; 3. End-directed Inter-Tree Coordination; 3.1. Two-tree perturbation experiment; 3.2. Cross recurrence quantification analysis (CRQA); 3.3. Results; 3.4. Conclusions: Two-tree coordination; 4. Discussion; References; 10. Foregrounding the Background; 1. Introduction; 2. Ontology and Context Independence; 2.1. The problem of relational versus intrinsic properties; 2.2. A possible reason for unnecessary ontological borders

3. Foregrounding Context in Ontology

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4730-61-0