A Model of the Universe: Space-Time, Probability, and Decision (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)
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A Model of the Universe: Space-Time, Probability, and Decision (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)

A Model of the Universe: Space-Time, Probability, and Decision (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)

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Storrs McCall (Author)  

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Storrs McCall presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space-time structure. He shows that this theory can illuminate a wide variety of hitherto unresolved philosophical problems. These include: the direction and flow of time; the nature of scientific laws; the interpretation of quantum mechanics; the definition of probability; counterfactual semantics; and the notions of identity, essential properties, deliberation, decision, and free will. A particular instance of the explanatory powers of the proposed space-time model is its account of quantum non-locality in the EPR and GHZ experiments. Professor McCall argues that the fact that the model explains and throws light on such a broad range of problems constitutes strong evidence that the universe is as the model portrays it. line figures
  • Contributor: Storrs McCall
  • Imprint: Clarendon Press
  • ISBN13: 9780198240532
  • Number of Pages: 338
  • Packaged Dimensions: 164x242x23mm
  • Packaged Weight: 615
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Release Date: 1994-02-03
  • Series: Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
  • Binding: Hardback

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