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9780907845218

Between Chance and Choice : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Determinism

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    9780907845218

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    0907845215

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-01
  • Publisher: Imprint Academic
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Table of Contents

Prefacep. 1
Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptionsp. 5
Perspectives on Scientific Determinismp. 33
Determinism Is Ontic, Determinability Is Epistemicp. 49
Determinism, Internalism, and Objectivityp. 75
Hidden Determinism, Probability, and Time's Arrowp. 89
Time-Space Dilations and Stochastic-Deterministic Dynamicsp. 115
Transitions from Deterministic Evolution to Irreversible Probabilistic Processes and the Quantum Measurement Problemp. 149
Probabilistic Causality and Irreversibility: Heraclitus and Prigoginep. 165
The Complementary Roles of Chance and Lawlike Elements in Peirce's Evolutionary Cosmologyp. 189
Does Chance Make a Difference? The Philosophical Significance of Indeterminismp. 209
On Causal Inference in Determinism and Indeterminismp. 237
Fundamental Limits of Control: A Quantum Approach to the Second Lawp. 279
A Quantum Mechanical Look at Time Travel and Free Willp. 293
What is Determinism?p. 309
Ontological Presuppositions of the Determinism--Free Will Debatep. 321
Determinism, Chance, and Freedomp. 339
Free Will, Determinism, and Indeterminismp. 371
Agency and Soft Determinismp. 407
Rethinking Determinism in Social Sciencep. 425
Agency, Embodiment, and the Ethical: On Saving Psychology from Biologyp. 447
Time, Information, and Determinism in Psychologyp. 469
Eastern Determinism Reconsidered from a Scientific Point of Viewp. 485
Contributorsp. 513
Indexp. 517
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