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In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety
of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the humanities
and the arts contribute essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen, on the
occasion of his 70th birthday. The range of the essays, as well as
their originality, and their critical and historical depth, pay
tribute to the extraordinary scope of Professor Cohen's
intellectual interests, as a scientist-philosopher and a humanist,
and also to his engagement in the world of social and political
practice. Science, Mind and Art, Volume III of Essays in honor of
Robert S. Cohen focuses on issues in contemporary epistemology,
aesthetics, and philosophy of mind as well as on the relations of
science and human values in ethical and religious thought. It also
has important new work in contemporary metaphysics, as well as in
the history of philosophy, and on questions of multiculturalism in
science education. Contributors include Paul Feyerabend, Adolf
Grunbaum, Joseph Margolis, Joelle Proust, Erazim Kohak, Elie
Wiesel, Miriam Bienenstock, and John Silber, among others.
Experimental Metaphysics is intended for theoretical physicists and
philosophers of science and is devoted to fundamental issues in the
quantum domain. The book presents a number of discussions of
experiments, theoretical puzzles and alternative interpretations,
and philosophical treatments of the metaphysical foundations of
science and the way these throw a scientific light on metaphysics.
Hence the title: experimental metaphysics' is a term coined by
Abner Shimony, to whom the book is dedicated. This collection of 16
scientific and philosophical essays by leading physicists,
philosophers and historians of science deals with current research
and the most basic issues in quantum physics.
Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for
theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It
treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics:
the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot
share any causal connection. These are said to be entangled' in
some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to
whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive
the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality.
Abner has described these events without actions to link them as
passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions
gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists
and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of
our times.
Experimental Metaphysics is intended for theoretical physicists and
philosophers of science and is devoted to fundamental issues in the
quantum domain. The book presents a number of discussions of
experiments, theoretical puzzles and alternative interpretations,
and philosophical treatments of the metaphysical foundations of
science and the way these throw a scientific light on metaphysics.
Hence the title: experimental metaphysics' is a term coined by
Abner Shimony, to whom the book is dedicated. This collection of 16
scientific and philosophical essays by leading physicists,
philosophers and historians of science deals with current research
and the most basic issues in quantum physics.
In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety
of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the humanities
and the arts contribute essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen, on the
occasion of his 70th birthday. The range of the essays, as well as
their originality, and their critical and historical depth, pay
tribute to the extraordinary scope of Professor Cohen's
intellectual interests, as a scientist-philosopher and a humanist,
and also to his engagement in the world of social and political
practice. Science, Mind and Art, Volume III of Essays in honor of
Robert S. Cohen focuses on issues in contemporary epistemology,
aesthetics, and philosophy of mind as well as on the relations of
science and human values in ethical and religious thought. It also
has important new work in contemporary metaphysics, as well as in
the history of philosophy, and on questions of multiculturalism in
science education. Contributors include Paul Feyerabend, Adolf
GrA1/4nbaum, Joseph Margolis, JoAlle Proust, Erazim Kohak, Elie
Wiesel, Miriam Bienenstock, and John Silber, among others.
The decision to undertake this volume was made in 1971 at Lake Como
during the Varenna summer school ofthe Italian Physical Society,
where Professor Leon Rosenfeld was lecturing on the history of
quantum theory. We had long been struck by the unique blend of
epistemological, histori cal and social concerns in his work on the
foundations and development of physics, and decided to approach him
there with the idea of publishing a collection of his papers. He
responded enthusiastically, and agreed to help us select the
papers; furthermore, he also agreed to write a lengthy introduction
and to comment separately on those papers that he felt needed
critical re-evaluation in the light of his current views. For he
was still vigorously engaged in both theoretical investigations of,
and critical not reflections on the foundations of theoretical
physics. We certainly did conceive of the volume as a memorial to a
'living saint', but rather more practically, as a useful tool to
place in the hands of fellow workers and students engaged in
wrestling with these difficult problems. All too sadly, fate has
added a memorial aspect to our labors. We agreed that in order to
make this book most useful for the con temporary community of
physicists and philosophers, we should trans late all non-English
items into English."
The decision to undertake this volume was made in 1971 at Lake Como
during the Varenna summer school ofthe Italian Physical Society,
where Professor Leon Rosenfeld was lecturing on the history of
quantum theory. We had long been struck by the unique blend of
epistemological, histori cal and social concerns in his work on the
foundations and development of physics, and decided to approach him
there with the idea of publishing a collection of his papers. He
responded enthusiastically, and agreed to help us select the
papers; furthermore, he also agreed to write a lengthy introduction
and to comment separately on those papers that he felt needed
critical re-evaluation in the light of his current views. For he
was still vigorously engaged in both theoretical investigations of,
and critical not reflections on the foundations of theoretical
physics. We certainly did conceive of the volume as a memorial to a
'living saint', but rather more practically, as a useful tool to
place in the hands of fellow workers and students engaged in
wrestling with these difficult problems. All too sadly, fate has
added a memorial aspect to our labors. We agreed that in order to
make this book most useful for the con temporary community of
physicists and philosophers, we should trans late all non-English
items into English."
It is fitting that Professor Dirk Jan Struik be greeted with this
melange of mathematical, scientific, historical, sociological and
political essays. The authors are also appropriately varied:
different countries, outlooks, religions, generations, and we
suppose - of course we did not as- different politics too. Many
more would have joined us, we know, but the good friends in this
book make a fine and representative assembly of the intersection of
two (mathematical ) classes: affectionately respect ful admirers of
Dirk Struik, and the best thinkers of this troubled century. Struik
has been among the most steadfast supporters of the Boston
Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, that discussion group
which we have been holding at Boston University since 1960, but his
luminous collaboration has been welcome, in Boston and Cambridge,
for nearly five decades among mathematicians, physicists,
philosophical and political thinkers, and especially among the
students. It has not mattered whether they have been his own
students or not, whether at M.LT. or elsewhere, whether scholars or
dropouts, nature-lovers or book worms, anarchists or Republicans,
Catholics or Unitarians, Communists or communists, prim or
liberated. No doubt he has his preferences But the main thing for
Struik has been to educate and respect the other person."
It is fitting that Professor Dirk Jan Struik be greeted with this
melange of mathematical, scientific, historical, sociological and
political essays. The authors are also appropriately varied:
different countries, outlooks, religions, generations, and we
suppose - of course we did not as- different politics too. Many
more would have joined us, we know, but the good friends in this
book make a fine and representative assembly of the intersection of
two (mathematical ) classes: affectionately respect ful admirers of
Dirk Struik, and the best thinkers of this troubled century. Struik
has been among the most steadfast supporters of the Boston
Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, that discussion group
which we have been holding at Boston University since 1960, but his
luminous collaboration has been welcome, in Boston and Cambridge,
for nearly five decades among mathematicians, physicists,
philosophical and political thinkers, and especially among the
students. It has not mattered whether they have been his own
students or not, whether at M.LT. or elsewhere, whether scholars or
dropouts, nature-lovers or book worms, anarchists or Republicans,
Catholics or Unitarians, Communists or communists, prim or
liberated. No doubt he has his preferences But the main thing for
Struik has been to educate and respect the other person."
Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for
theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It
treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics:
the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot
share any causal connection. These are said to be entangled' in
some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to
whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive
the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality.
Abner has described these events without actions to link them as
passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions
gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists
and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of
our times.
In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety
of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the humanities
and the arts contribute essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen, on the
occasion of his 70th birthday. The range of the essays, as well as
their originality, and their critical and historical depth, pay
tribute to the extraordinary scope of Professor Cohen's
intellectual interests, as a scientist-philosopher and a humanist,
and also to his engagement in the world of social and political
practice. The essays presented in Physics, Philosophy, and the
Scientific Community (Volume I of Essays in Honor of Robert S.
Cohen) focus on philosophical and historical issues in contemporary
physics: on the origins and conceptual foundations of quantum
mechanics, on the reception and understanding of Bohr's and
Einstein's work, on the emergence of quantum electrodynamics, and
on some of the sharp philosophical and scientific issues that arise
in current scientific practice (e.g. in superconductivity
research). In addition, several essays deal with critical issues
within the philosophy of science, both historical and contemporary:
e.g. with Cartesian notions of mechanism in the philosophy of
biology; with the language and logic of science - e.g. with new
insights concerning the issue of a `physicalistic' language in the
arguments of Neurath, Carnap and Wittgenstein; with the notion of
`elementary logic'; and with rational and non-rational elements in
the history of science. Two original contributions to the history
of mathematics and some studies in the comparative sociology of
science round off this outstanding collection.
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