A RESPONSE TO CARL HELRICH: THE LIMITATIONS AND PROMISE OF QUANTUM THEORY.

I respond to Carl Helrich's criticism of my proposition that the emergence of complex order in the universe is from Virtual State Actualization (VSA). The question is discussed as to whether quantum theory is able to afford any kind of quantum ontology or whether it merely allows an epistemological...

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Publicado en:Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 583 - 593
Autor principal: Schäfer, Lothar
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Publicado: Open Library of Humanities Sep2006
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