The Quantum Enigma: Finding the Hidden Key
By: Wolfgang Smith
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THE QUANTUM ENIGMA Finding the Hidden Key Wolfgang Smith
Following the overthrow of the classical world picture by the findings of quantum mechanics, physicists have proposed a broad gamut of alternative world views. This book begins with the major recognition that each of these suffers from a certain ‘residual Cartesianism’ that has been smuggled in unconsciously. It turns out that the moment one discards this hidden and problematic premise, quantum theory begins to ‘make sense’ in a way that it never has before. As the author shows, it is now possible, for the first time, to integrate the findings of quantum physics into a world view that is neither forced nor ad hoc, but conforms to the permanent intuitions of mankind. It is to discover the authentic worldview to which quantum mechanics points and that can make possible an intelligible understanding of it that Prof. Smith set out to write this book. Surprisingly, this treatise can he read not only by scientists, but also by readers unacquainted with the technical conceptions of physics or the quantum-reality literature. *** “Wolfgang Smith is as important a thinker as our times boast, and this is his most seminal book.” —Huston Smith *** “The Quantum Enigma is of great importance not only for the philosophy of science, but also for the whole domain of human knowledge, and should be disseminated as widely as possible.” —Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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“Unusually interesting…profoundly enlightening.” —Henry Margenau
THE QUANTUM ENIGMA Finding the Hidden Key Wolfgang Smith
Following the overthrow of the classical world picture by the findings of quantum mechanics, physicists have proposed a broad gamut of alternative world views. This book begins with the major recognition that each of these suffers from a certain ‘residual Cartesianism’ that has been smuggled in unconsciously. It turns out that the moment one discards this hidden and problematic premise, quantum theory begins to ‘make sense’ in a way that it never has before. As the author shows, it is now possible, for the first time, to integrate the findings of quantum physics into a world view that is neither forced nor ad hoc, but conforms to the permanent intuitions of mankind. It is to discover the authentic worldview to which quantum mechanics points and that can make possible an intelligible understanding of it that Prof. Smith set out to write this book. Surprisingly, this treatise can he read not only by scientists, but also by readers unacquainted with the technical conceptions of physics or the quantum-reality literature. *** “Wolfgang Smith is as important a thinker as our times boast, and this is his most seminal book.” —Huston Smith *** “The Quantum Enigma is of great importance not only for the philosophy of science, but also for the whole domain of human knowledge, and should be disseminated as widely as possible.” —Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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“Unusually interesting…profoundly enlightening.” —Henry Margenau