Aiming At Reality
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Aiming At Reality
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Author : Felix Alba-Juez
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2017-01-22
Aiming At Reality written by Felix Alba-Juez and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-22 with categories.
This Black & White printed Edition of Aiming at Reality, the second book of the series 'Quantum Physics free of Folklore', starts with a hypothetical Socratic/Platonic dialog between the realist Sancho Panza and the idealist Don Quixote, after the latter confronted the Reality of colliding with a windmill. He had kicked at one of his imaginary giants and the real windmill had kicked back at him. The Reality of the impact had not been compromised: Don Quixote 'explained' to Sancho that the same enchanter who had burned his library had -with a spooky action at a distance- turned the giant into a windmill right before their encounter. Somehow, the real windmill had been created by the measurement (encounter) while, before it, a blurred pseudo-Reality (a whole set of potentialities) had been hovering in the mind of the ingenious knight-errant. The parallel between this iconic passage of Cervantes's fictional magnum opus and what happened during the first half of the 20th century (and is still happening) is compelling. Reality has dwarfed fiction. Most of the conundrums, ingrained in the century-old controversy regarding the physical interpretations of Quantum Physics, are encrypted in the imaginary dialog between Don Quixote and Sancho: 1. What is the nature of a physical object in the micro-world? Why do we insist in confusing the semantics of 'behaving like' (epistemic metaphor) with the semantics of 'being' (ontic). Micro-objects are neither particles nor waves (and of course they are not both!) 2. What is Probability? How do Probability and Statistics work together to describe Reality in Quantum Physics? Are they just a tool to palliate our lack of knowledge and/or limited computing capacity or... are they Nature's intrinsic modus operandi? 3. What is the role of the observer? Is the correct interpretation of Quantum Mechanics intimately related to the correct interpretation of probability (classical, subjectivist, frequentist, and propensity)? 4. Why are complex numbers so important for the new Physics? If the probabilities are real numbers, why does Quantum Physics calculate them through a mysterious complex number? 5. Why is the Second Law of Thermodynamics not a strictly deterministic law but a probabilistic one? Why is a macro-property like Entropy a measure of disorder (randomness) in the microcosm and how is it related to Nature's innovation by chance we see in biological evolution and everywhere? And what is the relation between Statistical Entropy and the anisotropy of time? Through a quantum-like description of a mundane macro-object like the Galton/Popper bean machine, the reader can grasp the concepts of quantum state, eigenstates, eigenvalues, and wavefunction. S/he can also understand: a. Probabilities are objective properties of the physical world that 'kick' us back when we 'kick' them; b. What is really behind the infamous 'collapse of the wavefunction'; c. A bean (photon) does not need to 'know' whether a pin (slit) has been removed (closed) or not; and d. Einstein's spooky action at a distance is happening around us all the time. The fact that the reader may not have a scientific education does not mean that s/he does not have the intelligence to understand profound concepts -- as long as they are presented with semantic and epistemological clarity. After all, Einstein said that Science is simply the refinement of our intuition and everyday experiences.
History Of Ethics
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Author : Adolf Wuttke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
History Of Ethics written by Adolf Wuttke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Christian ethics categories.
Special Preface
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Author : Adolf Wuttke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Special Preface written by Adolf Wuttke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Christian ethics categories.
The Scottish Congregational Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The Scottish Congregational Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
Experimental Economics
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Author : Nicolas Jacquemet
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-29
Experimental Economics written by Nicolas Jacquemet and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Over the past two decades, experimental economics has moved from a fringe activity to become a standard tool for empirical research. With experimental economics now regarded as part of the basic tool-kit for applied economics, this book demonstrates how controlled experiments can be a useful in providing evidence relevant to economic research. Professors Jacquemet and L'Haridon take the standard model in applied econometrics as a basis to the methodology of controlled experiments. Methodological discussions are illustrated with standard experimental results. This book provides future experimental practitioners with the means to construct experiments that fit their research question, and new comers with an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of controlled experiments. Graduate students and academic researchers working in the field of experimental economics will be able to learn how to undertake, understand and criticise empirical research based on lab experiments, and refer to specific experiments, results or designs completed with case study applications.
Science Reason And Reality
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Author : Daniel Rothbart
language : en
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Release Date : 1998
Science Reason And Reality written by Daniel Rothbart and has been published by Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Education categories.
Highlighting the work of the most prominent and influential scholars in the field, the articles reflect a diversity of philosophical opinion and demonstrate to students how each position is subject to constructive criticism and how this criticism motivates alternative positions.
Knowledge And Reality
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Author : Bernard Bosanquet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Knowledge And Reality written by Bernard Bosanquet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Knowledge, Theory of categories.
Taking Aim
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Author : Marysol Nieves
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2011-10-03
Taking Aim written by Marysol Nieves and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-03 with Art categories.
Taking Aim! The Business of Being an Artist Today is a practical, affordable resource guide filled with invaluable advice for the emerging artist. The book is specially designed to aid visual artists in furthering their careers through unfiltered information about the business practices and idiosyncrasies of the contemporary art world. It demystifies often daunting and opaque practices through first-hand testimonials, interviews, and commentary from leading artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, critics, art consultants, arts administrators, art fair directors, auction house experts, and other art world luminaries. Published in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Artist in the Marketplace (AIM)—the pioneering career development program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts—Taking AIM! The Business of Being an Artist Today mirrors the structure and topics featured in the AIM program’s weekly workshops and discussions. Each chapter focuses on the specific perspective of an “art world insider”—from the artist to the public art program director to the blogger. Multiple viewpoints from a range of art professionals provide emerging artists with candid, uncensored information and tools to help them better understand this complex field and develop strategies for building and sustaining successful careers as professional artists. The book ends with an annotated chronology of the past three decades in the contemporary art field and a bibliography of publications, magazine articles, online sources, funding sources, residency programs, and other useful information for emerging artists.
Biography Freedom And Destiny
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Author : Rudolf Steiner
language : en
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
Release Date : 2013-04-03
Biography Freedom And Destiny written by Rudolf Steiner and has been published by Rudolf Steiner Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-03 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The path of an individual human life - our biography - is something of a mystery. Despite the abundance of published biographies and autobiographies of celebrities and historical figures, the scientific study of human biography remains in its infancy, with little understanding of the inherent laws in the path of an individual's life. Yet as Rudolf Steiner shows here, every biography, regardless of the individual's fame, perceived importance or outer success, is ruled by archetypal influences, patterns and laws. This broad-ranging anthology addresses some critical and as yet unanswered questions: What effects do education - and in particular contrasting education methods - have on later life? How do the various periods of life relate to each other? Do the effects of events on the individual become evident immediately, or is their true impact delayed - perhaps by decades? To what extent can an individual shape the stages of his or her biography? How much freedom of choice do we have, and how much of life is predetermined? Out of the higher knowledge Rudolf Steiner acquired from his spiritual research, he described the human individuality as a being with a continuing existence - before birth and beyond death. This eternal being experiences many varied conditions and situations, the effects of which are observable in our biography. This book addresses these and other issues such as freedom and destiny, the effects of heredity, illness, and the impact of education, offering answers based on a profound knowledge of the human being.
Higher Education In Liquid Modernity
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Author : Marvin Oxenham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Higher Education In Liquid Modernity written by Marvin Oxenham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Education categories.
Based in sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s theory of liquid modernity, this volume describes and critiques key aspects and practices of liquid education--education as market-driven consumption, short life span of useful knowledge, overabundance of information--through a systematic comparison with ancient Greek paideia and medieval university education, producing a sweeping analysis of the history and philosophy ofeducation for the purpose of understanding current higher education, positing a more holisitic alternative model in which students are embedded in a learning commutity that is itself embedded in a larger society. If liquid modernity has left a vacuum where, according to Bauman, the pilot’s cabin is empty, this volume argues that no structure is better positioned to fill this vacuum than the university and outlines a renewed vision of social transformation through higher education.