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Can I read Quantum Ontology : A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics on EtoBox?
Quantum Ontology : A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics by Peter J. Lewis is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Quantum Ontology : A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics about?
Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics. Why? Not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions-the theory itself is remarkably silent on the nature of the physical world, and the various interpretations of the theory on offer present conflicting ontological pictures. Rather, quantum mechanics is essential to the metaphysician because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new metaphysical possibilities. Even if quantum mechanics provides few clear answers, there are good reasons to think that any adequate understanding of the quantum world will result in a radical reshaping of our classical world-view in some way or other. Whatever the world is like at the atomic scale, it is almost certainly not the swarm of particles pushed around by forces that is often presupposed. This book guides readers through the theory of quantum mechanics and its implications for metaphysics in a clear and accessible way. The theory and its various interpretations are presented with a minimum of technicality. The consequences of these interpretations for metaphysical debates concerning realism, indeterminacy, causation, determinism, hol
Who reads Quantum Ontology : A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter J. Lewis
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780190469832
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Physics, Science
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14