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- From: gt9270b@prism.gatech.EDU (David Ashley Rountree)
- Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
- Subject: re: QM reading list
- Message-ID: <81031@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 04:31:53 GMT
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Jimbo,
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- You might consider, after reading about philosophical implications of QM,
- reading about philosophical implications of non-linear dynamic theory ("chaos").
- A relatively new branch of physics (and other disciplines), it allows
- quantum-level uncertainty variations to have macroscopic effects. Another
- interesting feature from the philosophical standpoint is that some features of
- a dynamic system cannot be deduced from the properties of the parts - these
- features arise in the interactions between parts. I don't know if
- philosophical works have been written on non-linear dynamic theory, but
- if not, you could just explore the subject itself -- it was much
- easier for me to understand than quantum.
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- Dave
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