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" Mind and reality : "
Wolfram Schommers, University of Texas at Arlington, USA & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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595095
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b424314
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Schommers, Wolfram,1941-
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Mind and reality : : the space-time window /\ Wolfram Schommers, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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xvi, 306 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9789814556767
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: 9814556769
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: 9789814556774
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: 9814556777
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index
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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
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Space and time
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Inertia (Mechanics)
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Reality
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Quantum theory
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QC173.59.S65S365 2015
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