Dialectics of the big bang and the absolute existence of the multiverse / Gregory Phipps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phipps, Gregory, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big bang theory.

Multiverse.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, [2024]

Summary:

Phipps explores what Hegel's philosophy can add to scientific understandings of the first second of existence.

"This interdisciplinary book develops a dialectical narrative about the beginning of the universe by combining Hegel's philosophy with texts about the Big Bang theory. Scientific accounts of the Big Bang indicate that the first second of existence was an eventful period in which the universe progressed through six different epochs. Bringing together cosmological narratives and Hegel's writings (particularly The Science of Logic), Gregory Phipps reads this movement as a dialectical progression, a sequence of transitions among interlinked concepts like being and nothing, finitude and infinitude, and space and time. Phipps also draws upon Hegel's conception of absolutes to outline a model of the multiverse. In doing so, he argues that Hegelian readings of the first second offer speculative snapshots of a hypothetical multiverse that contains the full (and probably infinite) scope of existence. Acknowledging the profound impact that the Big Bang theory can produce on understandings of age-old philosophical concerns, this study importantly brings Hegel's philosophy into dialogue with contemporary science, tracing intersections in his speculative thought and the more creative and imaginative dimensions of cosmology. For scholars and readers interested in Hegelianism and in the crosscurrents between philosophy, science, and narrative."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Change on a Cosmic Scale

The Granular Universe

The Centre of the Balloon

The Either/Or Universe

The One and the Void

Conclusion .

Notes:

Description based on resource.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Phipps, Gregory Dialectics of the Big Bang and the Absolute Existence of the Multiverse

ISBN:

9781772127522

1772127523

OCLC:

1453197651