Recasting Reality Wolfgang Pauli’s Philosophical Ideas and Contemporary Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Atmanspacher, Harald (Editor), Primas, Hans (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Evolutionary biology.; Mathematical logic.; Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Physics, general.; Evolutionary Biology.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

Wolfgang Pauli was not only one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century: His huge correspondence and unpublished manuscripts also demonstrate his deep interest in questions beyond physics. This volume explores the relevance of Pauli's visionary ideas with respect to several topic...

Table of Contents:

• Wolfgang Pauli’s Philosophical Ideas Viewed from the Perspective of His Correspondence
• Concepts of Symmetry in the Work of Wolfgang Pauli
• A New Idea of Reality: Pauli on the Unity of Mind and Matter
• Extending the Philosophical Significance of the Idea of Complementarity
• Psychophysical Nature
• Complementarity in Bistable Perception
• Process Ontology from Whitehead to Quantum Physics
• Complementarity of Mind and Matter
• A Proposed Relation Between Intensity of Presence and Duration of Nowness
• Synchronicity, Quantum Mechanics, and Psyche
• When Pauli Met Jung – the Path from “Three” to “Four”
• What Is Mathematics? Pauli, Jung,and Contemporary Cognitive Science
• Psychological Research on Insight Problem Solving
• Exploring Pauli’s (Quantum) Views on Science and Biology.