Physical (A)Causality: Determinism, Randomness and Uncaused Events

• Kaituhi matua: Karl Svozil (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: Springer Nature 2018
• Rangatū: Fundamental Theories of Physics
• Ngā marau: Physics; Self-reflexive knowledge; Physical chaos; Physical random number generators; Irreducible randomness; Randomness in physics; Physical indeterminism; Acausality in physics
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book addresses the physical phenomenon of events that seem to occur spontaneously and without any known cause. These are to be contrasted with events that happen in a (pre-)determined, predictable, lawful, and causal way. All our knowledge is based on self-reflexive theorizing, as well as on op...