Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses (Paperback)

Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses.- I Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics.- Discussion: Comments on Professor Putnam’s Comments.- Two Kinds of Reality.- Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics.- Epistemological Perspective on Quantum Theory.- Reality and Quantum Mechanics / Realitat and Quantenmechanik.- Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.- The Limitations of Determinism.- The Nonrelativistic Nature of the Present Quantum Mechanical Measurement Theory.- II Quantum-Mechanical Measuring Process.- The Measurement of Quantum-Mechanical Operators / Die Messung quantenmechanischer Operatoren.- Theory of Quantum-Mechanical Measurement / Theorie der quantenmechanischen Messung.- The Problem of Measurement.- Some Comments Concerning Measurements in Quantum Mechanics.- On the Change of the Skew Information in the Process of Quantum-Mechanical Measurements.- The Subject of Our Discussions.- The Philosophical Problem.- Questions of Physical Theory.- On Bub’s Misunderstanding of Bell’s Locality Argument.- Review of the Quantum-Mechanical Measurement Problem.- III Consciousness.- Remarks on the Mind-Body Question.- The Place of Consciousness in Modern Physics.- New Dimensions of Consciousness.- The Existence of Consciousness.- IV Symmetries.- Invariance in Physical Theory.- On the Law of Conservation of Heavy Particles.- Symmetry and Conservation Laws.- The Role of Invariance Principles in Natural Philosophy.- Events, Laws of Nature, and Invariance Principles (Nobel address).- Events, Laws of Nature, and Invariance Principles.- Violations of Symmetry in Physics.- Symmetry Principles in Old and New Physics.- Symmetry in Nature.- V Relativity.- Relativistic Invariance and Quantum Phenomena.- Relativistic Equations in Quantum Mechanics.- VI Nuclear Physics.- On the Development of the Compound Nucleus Model.- Summary of the Conference (Properties of Nuclear States, Montreal 1969).- Summary of the Conference (Polarization Phenomena, Madison 1971).- Introductory Talk (Statistical Properties of Nuclei).- Concluding Remarks (Symmetry Properties of Nuclei, Solvay Conference 1970).- VII Broader Philosophical Essays.- The Limits of Science.- The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences.- The Growth of Science ? Its Promise and Its Dangers.- Physics and the Explanation of Life.- On Some of Physics’ Problems.- Physics and Its Relation to Human Knowledge.- The Problems, Future and Limits of Science.- The Extension of the Area of Science.- The Glorious Days of Physics.- Some Problems of Our Natural Sciences.