The Map and the Territory Exploring the Foundations of Science, Thought and Reality /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wuppuluri, Shyam (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Doria, Francisco Antonio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Epistemology.; Science-Philosophy.; Science-History.; Philosophy.; Mathematical logic.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science.; Popular Science in Philosophy.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

The Map/Territory distinction is a foundational part of the scientific method and, in fact, underlies all of thought, and even reality itself. This fascinating and fundamental topic is addressed here by some of the world's leading thinkers and intellectual giants, whose accessible essays cover...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Sir Roger Penrose
• Preface to the Volume
• Acknowledgements
• Editors' Biographies
• Part I: Philosophy
• Part II: Theoretical Physics
• Part III: Mathematics/Computer Science
• Part IV: Biology/Cognitive Science
• Part V: Other Perspectives
• Afterword by Dagfinn Follesdal.