{"product_id":"quantum-philosophy-roland-omns-9780691095516","title":"Quantum Philosophy: Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this magisterial work, Roland Omn鑚 takes us from the academies of ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern science as he seeks to do no less than rebuild the foundations of the philosophy of knowledge. One of the world's leading quantum physicists, Omn鑚 reviews the history and recent development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences to show that current work in quantum theory offers new answers to questions that have puzzled philosophers for centuries: Is the world ultimately intelligible? Are all events caused? Do objects have definitive locations? Omn鑚 addresses these profound questions with vigorous arguments and clear, colorful writing, aiming not just to advance scholarship but to enlighten readers with no background in science or philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book opens with an insightful and sweeping account of the main developments in science and the philosophy of knowledge from the pre-Socratic era to the nineteenth century. Omn鑚 then traces the emergence in modern thought of a fracture between our intuitive, commonsense views of the world and the abstract and--for most people--incomprehensible world portrayed by advanced physics, math, and logic. He argues that the fracture appeared because the insights of Einstein and Bohr, the logical advances of Frege, Russell, and Gel, and the necessary mathematics of infinity of Cantor and Hilbert cannot be fully expressed by words or images only. Quantum mechanics played an important role in this development, as it seemed to undermine intuitive notions of intelligibility, locality, and causality. However, Omn鑚 argues that common sense and quantum mechanics are not as incompatible as many have thought. In fact, he makes the provocative argument that the \"consistent-histories\" approach to quantum mechanics, developed over the past fifteen years, places common sense (slightly reappraised and circumscribed) on a firm scientific and philosophical footing for the first time. In doing so, it provides what philosophers have sought through the ages: a sure foundation for human knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuantum Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound work of contemporary science and philosophy and an eloquent history of the long struggle to understand the nature of the world and of knowledge itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roland Omn鑚\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691095515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691095516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.54w x 0.79d","brand":"Roland Omn鑚","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120039555327,"sku":"9780691095516","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_654e24dd-f1b9-461b-9984-e907b21ec938.jpg?v=1687412241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quantum-philosophy-roland-omns-9780691095516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}