Sudbery, Anthony (2012) Einstein and Tagore, Newton and Blake, Everett and Bohr: the dual nature of reality. [Preprint]
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Abstract
There are two broad opposing classes of attitudes to reality (realist vs idealist, material vs mental) with corresponding attitudes to knowledge (objective vs subjective, scientific vs romantic). I argue that these attitudes can be compatible, and that quantum theory requires us to adopt both of them.
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| Additional Information: | A contribution to the seminar "The Nature of Reality: The Perennial Debate" held at the Indian Institute for Advanced Study, Shimla in March 2012 | ||||||
| Keywords: | realism, idealism, quantum | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Anthony Sudbery | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2013 11:15 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2013 11:15 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 10051 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics | ||||||
| Date: | 29 March 2012 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10051 |
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