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

McCall, Storrs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198236220 ISBN 13: 9780198236221

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Synopsis

Storrs McCall presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space-time structure and argues that the fact that the model throws light on such a large number of problems constitutes strong evidence that the universe is as the model portrays it. An ambitious, controversial, and ingenious idea for a completely new metaphysical foundation for philosophy and physics, this book discusses a broad range of topics within the framework of the new theory, and will be of special interest to physicists for its original new interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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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 how his model illuminates a broad range of subjects, including causation, probability, quantum mechanics, identity, and free will, and argues that the fact that the model throws light on such a large number of problems constitutes strong evidence that the universe is as the model portrays it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198236220
• ISBN 13: 9780198236221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344