Enno Rudolph

Philosophy, Mathematics and Modern Physics: a Dialogue Enno Rudolph Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st Ed. 1994 edition

Description for Sales People: This is a unique collection of essays by physicists, mathematicians and philosophers including Roger Penrose, Euan Squires and Erhard Scheibe. Table of Contents: On the Dialogue Between Physics and Philosophy.- Questions Concerning Theory and Experience and the Role of Mathematics in Physical Science.- I Space and Time, Cosmology and Quantum Theory.- Is Conscious Awareness Consistent with Space-Time Descriptions?.- Space and Time: a Privileged Ground for Misunderstandings Between Physics and Philosophy.- On Renormalization in Quantum Field Theory and the Structure of Space-Time.- Quantum Theory a Window to the World Beyond Physics.- Quantum Cosmology and the Emergence of a Classical World.- On the Origin of Structure in the Universe.- Galaxy Creation in a Non-Big-Bang Universe.- What Kind of Science is Cosmology?.- II Philosophical Concepts and the Mathematics of Physics.- On the Assumption That Our Concepts Structure the Material of Our Experience .- On the Mathematical Overdetermination of Physics.- The Mathematical Frame of Quantum Field Theory.- The Role of Mathematics in Contemporary Theoretical Physics.- A Most General Principle of Invariance.- Kant and the Straight Biangle.- Substance as Function: Ernst Cassirer s Interpretation of Leibniz as Criticism of Kant."