| Description |
1 online resource |
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Space and society |
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Space and society (Springer (Firm))
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| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword by Steven J. Dick -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Overview and Road Map -- Part I Scientific and Philosophical Context -- 2 Precedent -- 2.1 Background and Overview -- 2.2 Cosmological Eschatology -- 2.3 Cosmic Sacredness -- 2.4 Evolutionary Developmental Universe -- 2.5 Participatory Universe -- 2.6 Science Fiction -- 2.7 Summary of Chapter 2: Precedent -- References -- 3 From Replication to Aspiration -- 3.1 Background and Overview -- 3.2 Biology and Intelligence -- 3.3 Culture -- 3.4 Value Theory and Normative Aspiration |
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3.4.1 Fact-Value Interplay -- 3.4.2 Evolution and the Fact-Value Interplay -- 3.4.3 Fact-Value Working Assumptions -- 3.4.4 Instrumental and Intrinsic Value -- 3.4.5 The Psychology of Philosophy -- 3.5 Summary of Chapter 3: From Replication to Aspiration -- References -- 4 Scientific Minimalism -- 4.1 Background and Overview -- 4.2 Epistemological Prudence -- 4.3 Functionalism -- 4.4 Increasing Verisimilitude -- 4.5 Scientific Minimalism and Value Theory -- 4.6 Quantum Theory: What to Make of It? -- 4.6.1 Basic Quantum Mechanics -- 4.6.2 Conceptual Problems: Probability and Classical Physics |
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4.6.3 The Copenhagen Interpretation -- 4.6.4 Ensemble/Statistical and Instrumentalist Interpretations -- 4.6.5 Hidden Variables and Bohmian Mechanics -- 4.6.6 Objective Collapse -- 4.6.7 Many-Worlds, Parallel Worlds -- 4.6.8 Relational Quantum Mechanics -- 4.7 Scientific Minimalism and Quantum Theory -- 4.7.1 Copenhagen Interpretations -- 4.7.2 Ensemble Interpretations -- 4.7.3 Bohmian Mechanics -- 4.7.4 Objective Collapse -- 4.7.5 Many-Worlds -- 4.7.6 Relational Quantum Mechanics -- 4.7.7 Thematic Summary of Scientific Minimalism for Quantum Theory |
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4.8 Participatory Observership and Cosmology: "Emergence" of Physical Laws? -- 4.8.1 Reaching "Inside" the Universe? -- 4.8.2 Applying Scientific Minimalism -- 4.8.3 Psychology of Science and Scientific Minimalism -- 4.9 Psychology of Science -- 4.10 Summary of Chapter 4: Scientific Minimalism -- 4.10.1 Science Informs Values, But ... -- 4.10.2 Quantum Theory -- 4.10.3 Cosmology and the Participatory Universe -- 4.10.4 Relationality -- References -- 5 A Relationalist Framework -- 5.1 Background and Overview -- 5.2 Process Philosophy |
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5.3 The Relational Revolutions of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics -- 5.3.1 Scientific Revolutions -- 5.3.2 Philosophical Revolutions -- 5.3.3 The Relativity Revolution -- 5.3.4 The Quantum Revolution -- 5.3.5 Overturning Descartes -- 5.3.6 Quantum Field Theory -- 5.3.7 Different Kinds of Relationalism? -- 5.3.8 A Relational Synthesis for Relativity and Quantum Theory -- 5.3.9 Science and Philosophy -- 5.4 From Biology to Culture -- 5.4.1 Biological Evolution -- 5.4.2 Cognitive Evolution -- 5.4.3 Cultural Evolution -- 5.4.4 Cosmic Evolution: Complexity and Self-organization? |
| Summary |
Building from foundations of modern science and cosmic evolution, as well as psychological and philosophical perspectives of value and meaning, this book explores some of humanitys biggest questions: Is the Universe "about something"? What might be roles for life and intelligence in cosmic evolution? How might we think about value, meaning, purpose, and ethics in a cosmic evolutionary context? The author explores how the sciences of relativity and quantum theory, combined with cosmic evolution and philosophical traditions such as process philosophy, contribute to the development of a broad "relationalist framework". That framework helps inform perspectives such as "scientific minimalism" and "cosmological theories of value". Cosmological Reverence, Cosmocultural Evolution, and the Connection-Action Principle are explored as examples of cosmological theories of value, all of which help inform how we might think about ethics, value, and meaning in a cosmic context - including application to the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of intelligence in the universe. This book will benefit a diverse range of practitioners in philosophy, science, and policy, including interdisciplinary fields such as Science and Society and cultural evolution studies. From the Foreword: "This volume ranges from the sciences of cosmic evolution, relativity, and quantum mechanics, to value theory and process philosophy, all with the goal of exploring how they relate to humanity in the sense of worldviews and meaning. With his three cosmological theories of value, Lupisella goes beyond the bounds of most books on naturalism, and into fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our relation to it. To read Lupisella is to have a mind-boggling experience, to want to race to references, to want to know more." Steven J. Dick Former Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/ Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology Former NASA Chief Historian |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Cosmology -- Philosophy
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Cosmology.
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cosmology.
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Evolution.
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Relativity physics.
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge.
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UFOs & extraterrestrial beings.
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Psychology.
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Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Science -- Cosmology.
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Philosophy -- Epistemology.
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Science -- Astronomy.
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Religion -- Psychology of Religion.
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Philosophy -- Metaphysics.
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Cosmology -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030253394 |
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3030253392 |
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