Choosing Reality: A Contemplative View of Physics and the Mind

Name: Choosing Reality: A Contemplative View of Physics and the Mind
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ISBN: 9781559391993

ISBN-10: 1559391995

ISBN-13: 9781559391993

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: B. Alan Wallace

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For centuries scientists and philosophers have pondered the relationship between scientific theory and reality. Analyzing two major positions, the author points out the many assumptions required to adopt the realist view, and nihilism implicit in the instrumentalist position.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

B. Alan Wallace teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara.



Acknowledgments



Worlds Apart



Exploring the Nature of Empty Space



The Conception and Preservation of Energy



Views of Science and Reality through History



Scientific Realism Today



Assumptions of Scientific Realism



Theory and Discovery in Physical Science



The Hypothetical Realities of Physics



Quantum Reality



Uncertainty in the Quantum World



Scientific Realism in Review



Mathematical Realism



Instrumentalism



Seeking a Middle Way



Cosmology and a Participatory Universe



Concept and Experience



A Centrist View of Physical Science



A Centrist View of Contemplative Science



Experiencing a Centrist View



Realizing Personal Identitylessness



A Contemplative View of the Body



Subjective Experience and Objective Science



A Contemplative View of the Mind



Refining Human Consciousness



Worlds in Harmony


Notes


Bibliography


Index