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

McCall, Storrs

 
9780198240532: A Model of the Universe: Space-Time, Probability, and Decision (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198240538 ISBN 13: 9780198240532
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1994

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. 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.

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About the Author

Storrs McCall is Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, Montreal.

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198240538
ISBN 13 
9780198240532
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
338

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