Format:
1 Online-Ressource (VI, 119 Seiten)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Physics and Astronomy
ISBN:
9783030055059
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Content:
In this small book, theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel prize 1999), philosopher Emanuele Severino (Lincei Academician), and theologian Piero Coda (Pontifical Lateran University) confront one another on a topic that lies at the roots of quantum mechanics and at the origin of Western thought: Determinism and Free Will. "God does not play dice" said Einstein, a tenacious determinist. Quantum Mechanics and its clash with General Relativity have reanimated ancient dilemmas about chance and necessity: Is Nature deterministic? Is Man free? The “free-will theorem” by Conway and Kochen, and the deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics proposed by 't Hooft, revive such philosophical questions in modern Physics. Is Becoming real? Is the Elementary Event a product of the Case? The cyclopean clash between Heraclitus and Parmenides has entered a new episode, as evidenced by the essays in this volume
Content:
Introduction (Fabio Scardigli) -- Free Will in the Theory of Everything (Gerard 't Hooft) -- Phenomenology, Freedom, Causality, and the Origin of Western Civilization (Emanuele Severino) -- Grace, Freedom, Relation (Piero Coda)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030055042
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030055066
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-05504-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Quantenphysik
;
Determinismus
;
Willensfreiheit
;
Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-05505-9
Author information:
Coda, Piero 1955-
Author information:
Hooft, Gerard 't 1946-
Author information:
Severino, Emanuele 1929-2020