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Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: The Frontiers Collection
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In this compendium of essays, some of the world's leading thinkers
discuss their conceptions of space and time, as viewed through the
lens of their own discipline. With an epilogue on the limits of
human understanding, this volume hosts contributions from six or
more diverse fields. It presumes only rudimentary background
knowledge on the part of the reader. Time and again, through the
prism of intellect, humans have tried to diffract reality into
various distinct, yet seamless, atomic, yet holistic, independent,
yet interrelated disciplines and have attempted to study it
contextually. Philosophers debate the paradoxes, or engage in
meditations, dialogues and reflections on the content and nature of
space and time. Physicists, too, have been trying to mold space and
time to fit their notions concerning micro- and macro-worlds.
Mathematicians focus on the abstract aspects of space, time and
measurement. While cognitive scientists ponder over the perceptual
and experiential facets of our consciousness of space and time,
computer scientists theoretically and practically try to optimize
the space-time complexities in storing and retrieving
data/information. The list is never-ending. Linguists, logicians,
artists, evolutionary biologists, geographers etc., all are trying
to weave a web of understanding around the same duo. However, our
endeavour into a world of such endless imagination is restrained by
intellectual dilemmas such as: Can humans comprehend everything?
Are there any limits? Can finite thought fathom infinity? We have
sought far and wide among the best minds to furnish articles that
provide an overview of the above topics. We hope that, through this
journey, a symphony of patterns and tapestry of intuitions will
emerge, providing the reader with insights into the questions: What
is Space? What is Time? Chapter [15] of this book is available open
access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
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