Mind and reality : the space-time window / Wolfram Schommers, University of Texas at Arlington, USA & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
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New Jersey :
World Scientific,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter One. Basic questions: The space as container; Two space-time types?; Inertia; Nature os space and time; Inside world and outside world; Dialogue with nature; Scientific realism; Real and metaphysical elements; Positivism; Classification within container theory; Classification within the frame of the projection principle; The projection principle versus the container principle; The shape of the observer in the basic reality; The products of imagination; Summary of the main statements
- Chapter Two. The impact of evolution: The influence of evolution; Information; No principal difference between matter and mind; Traditional views; Final remarks and summary
- Chapter Three. Other observers: Heinz von Főrster; Essential condition:equivalence of all observers; Other biological systems: Geometrical iptics; Different images of the same object; Constancy phenomena; Summary and final comments
- Chapter Four. Specific space-time phenomena: Newton's mechanics and theory of relativity; An extended form of Mach's principle; Inertia within projection theory; Dark matter in the projection theory; Travelling through space and time; Summary
- Appendix A
- F.