PROCESS PHILOSOPHY, OPTIMALISM AND FREE WILL IN QUANTUM THEORY.

This paper explores how process philosophy-and in particular an optimalism process philosophy that includes free will, such as Henry Stapp's realistically interpreted orthodox quantum theory-proves to be an excellent fit for quantum theory that answers the philosophical question "Why are things the...

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Publicado en:Cosmos & History Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 116 - 129
Autor principal: Larson, Cynthia Sue
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Publicado: Ashton & Rafferty 2018
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