scholarly journals On philosophy of mind, quantum physics and metaphysics of the uni-multiverse

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Di Sia
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Philosophy Of Mind ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
Conceptual Relativism ◽  
The Universe

Metaphysics, as discipline dealing with the most fundamental aspects of reality, studies the essence of entities, leaving to particular sciences the study of empirical, specific, changeable and unstable aspects. In this sense metaphysics is close to ontology, tackling problems as the existence of God, the being in himself, the immortality of consciousness, the origin and meaning of the universe. Speculative physics pushes its interest to metaphysical questions too, both at atechnical (mathematical) level, and at the level of thought (in relation to philosophy). In recentyears interesting concepts and ideas have been considered and developed, involving the latest unified quantum-relativistic theories and the consequences on reality deriving from them.The search for a meaning of life, one of Anscombe’s themes, finds ferment in the search for meaning about the existence of our universe in itself and as a possible part of a multiverse containing it.The problem of measurement in quantum mechanics appears from the application of themathematical formalism to macroscopic situations and the central position of the observer in this process has produced a deviation towards a metaphysical subjectivism. There are controversial aspects about the role of consciousness in the process of reducing the wave function of quantum mechanics. This narrows the field of validity of some fundamental principles during the interaction between microsystems and macrosystems, with consequent diversification of thedefinition of the ontological state of consciousness and reality. (Local) holism has often been linked to Wittgenstein. From Wittgenstein’s answers to the paradoxes of communication and conceptual relativism, a tension emerges in his vision of linguistic games and in his mental experiments, traditionally interpreted in contrasting ways. This tension can be better understoodthrough some reflections by Wittgenstein on Einstein and his theory of relativity.

scholarly journals Ensembles and Experiments in Classical and Quantum Physics

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 2937-2980
Author(s):  
Arnold Neumaier
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Law Of Large Numbers ◽  
Correspondence Principle ◽  
Axiomatic Approach ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Classical And Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Elegant Solution

A philosophically consistent axiomatic approach to classical and quantum mechanics is given. The approach realizes a strong formal implementation of Bohr's correspondence principle. In all instances, classical and quantum concepts are fully parallel: the same general theory has a classical realization and a quantum realization. Extending the ''probability via expectation'' approach of Whittle to noncommuting quantities, this paper defines quantities, ensembles, and experiments as mathematical concepts and shows how to model complementarity, uncertainty, probability, nonlocality and dynamics in these terms. The approach carries no connotation of unlimited repeatability; hence it can be applied to unique systems such as the universe. Consistent experiments provide an elegant solution to the reality problem, confirming the insistence of the orthodox Copenhagen interpretation on that there is nothing but ensembles, while avoiding its elusive reality picture. The weak law of large numbers explains the emergence of classical properties for macroscopic systems.

Creation in a Closed Universe Or, Have Physicists Disproved the Existence of God?

1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Le Poidevin
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Structure ◽  
Closed Surface ◽  
Closed Universe ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Stephen Hawking ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Universe

Could a theory concerning the temporal structure of the universe have any implications for the possibility of a creator? A recent remark by Stephen Hawking suggests that it could. In A Brief History of Time, Hawking writes:The idea that space and time may form a closed surface without boundary … has profound implications for the role of God in the affairs of the universe… So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?

scholarly journals Redefining Gravity: Field versus Flow

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bora Cilek
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Alternative Theory ◽  
Curvature Effect ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Flow Mechanism ◽  
Spacetime Curvature ◽  
Field Versus ◽  
The Universe

General Theory of Relativity constitutes the framework for our understanding of the universe, with an emphasis on gravity. Many of Einstein’s predictions have been verified experimentally but General and Special Theories of Relativity contain several anomalies and paradoxes, yet to be answered. Also, there are serious conflicts with Quantum Mechanics; gravity being the weakest and least understood force, is a major problem.Supported by clear experimental evidence, it is theorised that gravity is not a field or spacetime curvature effect, but rather has a flow mechanism. This is not an alternative theory of gravity with an alternative metric. Established laws and equations from Newton and Einstein are essentially left unchanged. However, spacetime curvature is replaced with flow, producing a refined and compatible theory.

From primordial quantum black holes to Bohr’s atom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Cristofano
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Quantum Fluctuations ◽  
Primordial Black Holes ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Classical Correspondence ◽  
Planck Time ◽  
The Universe

Recently great interest has been devoted toward a better understanding of a possible deep relation between large size structures we observe today in the universe and the quantum fluctuations at Planck time. Within such a context this paper provides us with a procedure for how to obtain a faithful description of the Bohr energy levels for hydrogen like atoms, starting from a generalization of a quantum relation for primordial black holes’ masses at Planck time. The key role of quantum mechanics in such a description is emphasized and the classical correspondence taking us from Newton’s law for interacting masses to Coulomb’s law for interacting charges evidenced.

Philosophy of Physics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouk Barberousse
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Special Science ◽  
Philosophy Of Physics ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Scientific Terms ◽  
Quantum Phenomena ◽  
Main Thread

Philosophical reflections on physics and its theories have been shaping the agenda of general philosophy of science, including issues such as the nature of scientific theories, the meaning of scientific terms, and scientific modeling. But physics is also well worth being considered a special science of its own, whose methods and tools raised specific questions for philosophers of science: this is the approach followed in this chapter, which has as its main thread the role of mathematics in physical theories. It tackles classical issues concerning measurement and determinism and long-standing controversies in the philosophy of statistical mechanics (how may the reversible laws of mechanics account for the irreversible principles of thermodynamics?) and in the philosophy of quantum physics (does quantum mechanics provide us a with a complete description of quantum phenomena?). It also addresses emerging issues in the field, such as computer simulations and their role between theory and observation.

scholarly journals Timelessness of C.G. Jung and Super-Temporality of N.O. Lossky: Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-512
Author(s):  
Valentin V. Balanovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Causal Explanation ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Principle Of Subordination ◽  
Nature Of Time ◽  
Physical Phenomena ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Principle Of Complementarity

The article compares views of C.G. Jung and N.O. Lossky on the nature of time, including in the context of contemporary to them physical theories - quantum mechanics by W. Pauli and relativistic physics by A. Einstein. In particular, the author points to the similarity of ideas of both thinkers that the psyche relativizes time not only subjectively, but also objectively. Jung and Lossky provide this statement with a similar empirical basis, for example, the researches of T. Flournoy, as well as similar theoretical arguments by postulating a fundamental acausal principle of the connection of all things, which is better suited for describing psychic and some physical phenomena than the classical causal explanation. In analytical psychology, such a principle is synchronicity, in hierarchical personalism - gnoseological coordination. Both concepts are genetically related to the G.W. Leibniz idea of pre-established harmony, which was reinterpreted by Jung and Lossky through different worldview foundations. Jung in his reasoning relied on the transcendental idealism of I. Kant, the principle of complementarity and the discoveries of quantum mechanics, Lossky - on intuitivism, the principle of subordination and on his own interpretation of Einsteins theories. Jung comes to the conclusion that the psyche has a timeless character, and Lossky comes to the conclusion that it has a super-temporal character. Jungs timelessness indicates the transcendental nature of psyche and the strive to get away from the classical causal explanation, saving it according to the principle of complementarity only to consider the phenomenal side of being and mainly physical processes. One of the pioneers of quantum mechanics Pauli was of the same opinion in general. Because of there is nothing transcendent in hierarchical personalism, Losskys super-temporality is of a strive to find a deeper basis for occurring in time processes, and, according to the principle of subordination, to include time in the hierarchical structure of the universe, prescribing for it a role of one of the two key forms of psychic and psycho-material processes characteristic of a certain stage of being.

scholarly journals The Physics of the Ideal Continuum

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 974-978
Author(s):  
Vedran Furtula
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Physical Constant ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Universe ◽  
The Ideal

In this paper from the domain of theoretical physics, there have been stated and briefly described the basic principles and laws that apply to the new scientific discipline of physics, which we call the Physics of the Ideal Continuum. In addition to the definition of the ideal continuum, it also defines and describes other phenomena such as the origin of matter, the origin of space-time, the origin and role of black holes and other phenomena in the universe. Special attention has been focused on the energy balance in the universe, as well as on the universal physical constant and its role in the development of the mathematical and physical models of the universe. Through the presentation of the differences between the physics of the ideal continuum, the quantum physics and classical physics, an additional stride has been made in understanding the most important laws and their applicability in these scientific disciplines, as well as their inter-connectedness. Other terms that have been given a significant role in this paper include equilibrium and gravitationalsheds (gravitational divisions).

scholarly journals Quantum reversibility is relative, or does a quantum measurement reset initial conditions?

2018 ◽  
Vol 376 (2123) ◽  
pp. 20170315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech H. Zurek
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Information Gain ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Von Neumann Entropy ◽  
Quantum Evolution ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
The Universe

I compare the role of the information in classical and quantum dynamics by examining the relation between information flows in measurements and the ability of observers to reverse evolutions. I show that in the Newtonian dynamics reversibility is unaffected by the observer’s retention of the information about the measurement outcome. By contrast—even though quantum dynamics is unitary, hence, reversible—reversing quantum evolution that led to a measurement becomes, in principle, impossible for an observer who keeps the record of its outcome. Thus, quantum irreversibility can result from the information gain rather than just its loss—rather than just an increase of the (von Neumann) entropy. Recording of the outcome of the measurement resets, in effect, initial conditions within the observer’s (branch of) the Universe. Nevertheless, I also show that the observer’s friend—an agent who knows what measurement was successfully carried out and can confirm that the observer knows the outcome but resists his curiosity and does not find out the result—can, in principle, undo the measurement. This relativity of quantum reversibility sheds new light on the origin of the arrow of time and elucidates the role of information in classical and quantum physics. Quantum discord appears as a natural measure of the extent to which dissemination of information about the outcome affects the ability to reverse the measurement. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Foundations of quantum mechanics and their impact on contemporary society’.

scholarly journals PROBABILISTIC METHOD OF RICHARD SWINBURNE AS A MEANS OF CONSTRUCTING A NEW THEISTIC COSMOLOGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Ihor Gudyma
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Theoretical Orientation ◽  
Probabilistic Method ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
Religious Worldview ◽  
Richard Swinburne ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Selection Of

In the article a comprehensive study of the probabilistic method of the famous British theologian and philosopher Richard Swinburne. This approach serves as a means of constructing a new theistic cosmology. Richard Swinburne's philosophical and theological project is ambitious and significant. He prefers to combine the truths of faith and the achievements of modern science. However, this should be under the auspices of the religious worldview. This combination is carried out by the author from the standpoint of probabilism. It relies on the selection of inductive evidence of the existence of God and ultimately must demonstrate the proper probability of a central position in the religious worldview – "God exists". Such a combination is, according to the author, the living and active soul of his own "hypothesis of theism". This hypothesis is intended to explain the emergence of the universe, the causes of its occurrence, the existence and functioning of its permanent laws, its orientation to the emergence of animals and the appearance of man. The author widely uses the inductive proof of the existence of God. But he also does not avoid deduction. He deduces the main attributes of God through deduction, interprets the "God-world" relation, examines the essence of God's providential care of the world, together with ethics, gives his vision of the theodicy. The construction of a new theistic cosmology is realized mainly within the limits and means of the apologetics of Swinburne. In this system of knowledge, various ways of proving the existence of God are investigated. Subsequently they receive a proper theological assessment. And, then, it's about faith that seeks understanding. It is shown how the large-scale and ambitious project of constructing a new theology, the author failed to fully realize. The article states that Swinburne prefers to preserve the theoretical orientation of his theorizing, as well as their intellectual respectability and significance. And hence, it significantly degrades its own concept, because it does not fully utilize the theoretical resources of classical theism with its reliance on Revelation.

scholarly journals Emergent Quantum Mechanics: David Bohm Centennial Perspectives

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Walleczek ◽  
Gerhard Grössing ◽  
Paavo Pylkkänen ◽  
Basil Hiley
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Bohmian Mechanics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
David Bohm ◽  
Standard Textbook ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Emergent Quantum Mechanics ◽  
De Broglie Bohm

Emergent quantum mechanics (EmQM) explores the possibility of an ontology for quantum mechanics. The resurgence of interest in realist approaches to quantum mechanics challenges the standard textbook view, which represents an operationalist approach. The possibility of an ontological, i.e., realist, quantum mechanics was first introduced with the original de Broglie–Bohm theory, which has also been developed in another context as Bohmian mechanics. This Editorial introduces a Special Issue featuring contributions which were invited as part of the David Bohm Centennial symposium of the EmQM conference series (www.emqm17.org). Questions directing the EmQM research agenda are: Is reality intrinsically random or fundamentally interconnected? Is the universe local or nonlocal? Might a radically new conception of reality include a form of quantum causality or quantum ontology? What is the role of the experimenter agent in ontological quantum mechanics? The Special Issue also includes research examining ontological propositions that are not based on the Bohm-type nonlocality. These include, for example, local, yet time-symmetric, ontologies, such as quantum models based upon retrocausality. This Editorial provides topical overviews of thirty-one contributions which are organized into seven categories to provide orientation.

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