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Are choice and free will possible in a world governed by deterministic fundamental equations? What sense would determinism make if many events and processes in the world seemed to be governed by chance? These and many other questions emphasize the fact that chance and choice are two leading actors on stage whenever issues of determinism are under discussion. This volume collects essays by accomplished scientists and philosophers, addressing numerous facets of the concept of determinism. The contributions cover viewpoints from mathematics, physics, cognitive science and social science as well as various branches of philosophy. They offer valuable reading for everyone interested in the interdisciplinary relations between determinism, chance and free will. The desire to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on determinism, chance and free will was the initial impetus leading to an international workshop on determinism taking place at Ringberg Castle near Lake Tegernsee, south of Munich, in June 2001. Representatives from mathematics, physics, cognitive and social science, and various branches of philosophy convened to discuss numerous aspects of determinism from their disciplinary perspectives. This volume is based on elaborated and refereed manuscripts of their lectures.
Contents
Preface, Harald Atmanspacher and Robert Bishop Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions, Robert Bishop Perspectives on Scientific Determinism, Gregor Nickel Determinism Is Ontic, Determinability Is Epistemic, Harald Atmanspacher Determinism, Internalism, and Objectivity, Olimpia Lombardi Hidden Determinism, Probability, and Time's Arrow, Hans Primas Time-Space Dilations and Stochastic-Deterministic Dynamics, Karl Gustafson Transitions from Deterministic Evolution to Irreversible Probabilistic Processes and the Quantum Measurement Problem, Baidyanath Misra Probabilistic Causality and Irreversibility: Heraclitus and Prigogine, Theodoros Christidis The Complementary Roles of Chance and Lawlike Elements in Peirce's Evolutionary Cosmology, Frederick Kronz and Amy McLaughlin Does Chance Make a Difference? The Philosophical Significance of Indeterminism, Dennis Dieks On Causal Inference in Determinism and Indeterminism, Joseph Berkovitz Fundamental Limits of Control: A Quantum Approach to the Second Law, Gunter Mahler A Quantum Mechanical Look at Time Travel and Free Will, Daniel Greenberger and Karl Svozil What is Determinism?, Phil Dowe Ontological Presuppositions of the Determinism-Free Will Debate, Charles Guignon Determinism, Chance, and Freedom, Mauro Dorato Free Will, Determinism, and Indeterminism, Robert Kane Agency and Soft Determinism, Jack Martin and Jeff Sugarman Rethinking Determinism in Social Science, Frank Richardson and Robert Bishop Agency, Embodiment, and the Ethical: On Saving Psychology from Biology, Edwin Gantt Time, Information, and Determinism in Psychology, Brent Slife Eastern Determinism Reconsidered from a Scientific Point of View, Takehisa Abe and Fusako Kobayashi Contributors Index
