Recasting Reality (eBook)

Contents 5
List of Contributors 7
Introduction 9
References 16
Wolfgang Pauli’s Philosophical Ideas Viewed from the Perspective of His Correspondence 19
1 The Traditional Relation between Physics and Philosophy 19
2 Physical Concepts Without Philosophical Precedents: Quantum Physics and Pauli’s Exclusion Principle 20
3 Pauli, Mach, and Positivism 23
4 The Article on Relativity: Felix Klein Introduces Pauli to the Art of Scientific Writing 24
5 Moritz Schlick and the “Vienna Confession” 25
6 Departing from Positivism: Complementarity, C. G. Jung, and the Problem of Opposites 27
7 Princeton, Panofsky and the Kepler Article 32
8 Collaboration with Philosophers at Zurich: “ What Went Where?” 34
9 Science and Occidental Thinking 35
10 Overview of Pauli’s Scientific Estate 37
Acknowledgment 38
References 38
Concepts of Symmetry in the Work of Wolfgang Pauli 41
1 General Introduction 41
2 Remarks on the Notion of Symmetry 48
3 Specific Comments on Symmetries in Pauli’s Work 57
4 Conclusion 85
Acknowledgments 86
References 86
A New Idea of Reality: Pauli on the Unity of Mind and Matter 91
1 Introduction 91
2 Mind and Body from Descartes to Leibniz 92
3 Pauli a Spinozist ? 95
4 The Unconscious in the Context of Discovery 96
5 Scienti.c Realism and Anti-Realism 99
6 Complementarity as a Basis of Weak Anti-Realism 101
7 Conclusions 102
References 104
Extending the Philosophical Significance of the Idea of Complementarity 107
1 Introduction 107
2 Compatibility and Complementarity in Quantum Theory 109
3 Epistemic Descriptions of Classical Dynamical Systems 109
4 Compatibility and Complementarity in Classical Dynamical Systems 114
5 Compatible, Comparable, and Commensurable Theories 115
6 Examples 117
References 119
Psychophysical Nature 123
1 Introduction 123
2 Is the Perceived World “Physical”, “Psychological” or Somewhere in Between ? 124
3 Perceptual Projection 128
4 Consequences for the Perceived “Physical World” 129
5 How the Perceived Physical World Relates to Information Processing in the Brain 131
6 Creeping up on Consciousness 133
7 The Relation Between First-Person Descriptions of Experience and Third- Person Descriptions of Their Physical Correlates 134
8 The Nature of Mind 136
9 Similarities and Di erences to Pauli 137
10 Similarities and Di erences Between Physical and Psychological Complementarity 139
11 Conclusions 140
References 141
Complementarity in Bistable Perception 143
1 Introduction 143
2 Bistable Perception 145
3 Complementarity in Generalized Quantum Theory 146
4 The Necker-Zeno Model 149
5 Temporal Bell Inequalities 154
6 Summary 157
References 157
Process Ontology from Whitehead to Quantum Physics 159
1 Introduction 160
2 Bifurcations 161
3 Perception 162
4 Time 163
5 Actual Entities 165
6 Prehension 166
7 Creativity 167
8 Teleology 169
9 Transmission and Concrescence 170
10 Quantum Theory 170
11 Process Philosophy and Quantum Ontology 173
References 177
Complementarity of Mind and Matter 179
1 Introduction: Pauli on Mind and Matter 179
2 The First Problem: 180
3 The Second Problem: 181
4 The Third Problem: 184
5 The Fourth Problem: 186
6 Symmetries of the Temporal Domain 188
7 Contextually Broken Symmetries 193
8 Descriptions in Terms of A-Time 195
9 Descriptions in Terms of B-Time 199
10 Complementarity of A-Time and B-Time 201
11 Extended Time Systems 203
12 Concluding Remarks 211
Acknowledgement 213
References 213
A Proposed Relation Between Intensity of Presence and Duration of Nowness 219
1 Introduction 219
2 Tensed Time and Tenseless Time 220
3 Can the Intensity of Presence Be Measured ? 221
4 Time Scales in the Necker-Zeno Model 223
5 Relations to Other Approaches 228
References 232
Synchronicity, Quantum Mechanics, and Psyche 235
1 Overview 235
2 Synchronicity Phenomena 235
3 Choice of the Past: The Photon Delayed-Choice Experiment 237
4 Models of Quantum Entanglement 240
5 Conclusions 248
6 Acknowledgments 249
References 250
When Pauli Met Jung – the Path from “ Three” to “Four” 253
References 258
What Is Mathematics ? Pauli, Jung, and Contemporary Cognitive Science 259
1 Introduction 259
2 Pauli, a Mathematical Platonist ? 260
3 Introspection and Archetypes: A Cognitive Science Perspective 265
4 Mathematics as a Product of the Embodied Human Mind 269
References 280
Psychological Research on Insight Problem Solving 283
1 Introduction 283
2 Definitions of Insight 284
3 Insight in Gestalt Psychology 286
4 Cognitive Theories of Insight Problem Solving 288
5 Problem Space Theory 289
6 Heuristics and Insight 291
7 Representational Change and Insight 294
8 Heuristics, Representational Change, and Insight 299
9 Neural Correlates of Insight Problem Solving 301
10 Conclusions 304
References 305
Exploring Pauli’s (Quantum) Views on Science and Biology 309
1 Introduction 309
2 Philosophical Concerns About Science and Reality 311
3 Towards a Quantum View on Biology 322
4 Conclusion: Transcendentalism Versus Naturalism, Irrationalism Versus Rationalism 333
Acknowledgments 335
References 336
Index 339