Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (American Philosophy Series, No. 14)

by Michael Epperson

"This book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmological scheme." "Moving systematically - concept by concept, phase by phase - Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work. He details Whitehead's struggles to fashion an ontology that would be coherent with quantum anomalies, one that can reshape the sense of strangeness or inconceivability of many important physical notions." "Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an...

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