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ocn897069645 |
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OCoLC |
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141129s2014 enk o 001 0 eng d |
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EBLCP |
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eng |
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rda |
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EBLCP |
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NT |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781316129289 |
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| Classification number |
BD511 |
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.S564 2014 |
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NTA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Unger, Roberto Mangabeira. |
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Author |
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| Title |
The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time |
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A Proposal in Natural Philosophy. |
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Cambridge : |
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Cambridge University Press, |
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(c)2014. |
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1 online resource (568 pages) |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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computer |
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c |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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online resource |
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cr |
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rdacarrier |
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data file |
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rda |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; The nature and scope of this work; Part I Roberto Mangabeira Unger; 1 The science of the one universe in time ; The singular existence of the universe; The inclusive reality of time; The selective realism of mathematics; The first cosmological fallacy; The second cosmological fallacy; Causality without laws; 2 The context and consequences of the argument ; The argument and recent physics and cosmology; The argument and the physics of the first half of the twentieth century; The argument and natural history |
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The argument and social and historical studyReinventing natural philosophy; What is at stake; 3 The singular existence of the universe ; The conception of the singular existence of the universe introduced; Arguments for the singular existence of the universe; Implications for the agenda of cosmology; The finite and the infinite at the beginning of the universe; The initial conditions of the history of the universe; The unexplained constants of nature; 4 The inclusive reality of time ; The problem presented: how much of nature exists in time?; The argument in science and natural philosophy |
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Time as the transformation of transformationAttributes of time: non-emergent, global, irreversible, and continuous; The proto-ontological assumptions of this view of time; The idea of the inclusive reality of time restated; From being to becoming; 5 The mutability of the laws of nature ; Changing laws; The conundrum of the meta-laws; The problem of causation in the early universe revisited; The best hope for resolving the conundrum of the meta-laws; From speculative conception to empirical inquiry; Implications of the inclusive reality of time for some fundamental ideas |
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6 The selective realism of mathematics The problem; Mathematics as discovery and mathematics as invention; The attributes of mathematics; A natural-evolutionary conjecture; The history of mathematics reconsidered: soaring above the world without escaping it; The history of mathematics reconsidered: right and wrong in Hilbert's program; A deflationary and naturalistic view of mathematics; Part II Lee Smolin; 1 Cosmology in crisis ; The crisis introduced; Temporal naturalism; Naturalism is an ethical stance; 2 Principles for a cosmological theory ; The roots of relationalism |
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The Newtonian paradigmThe failure of the Newtonian paradigm when applied to cosmology; The failure of the Newtonian paradigm to satisfy the principles for a cosmological theory; The failure of the Newtonian paradigm for elementary events; Reductionism and its limits; The uniqueness of fundamental events; Relationalism and its limits: relational versus intrinsic properties; Two relational paths to general relativity: Einstein and shape dynamics; Relational purism; Impure relationalism: a role for intrinsic properties; Dynamical pairings and relational versus intrinsic properties |
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The Newtonian paradigm from the viewpoint of temporal naturalism |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin argue for a revolution in our cosmological ideas. Ideal for non-scientists, physicists and cosmologists. |
| 530 ## - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
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COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: |
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<a href="b">b</a> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Cosmology. |
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Cosmology |
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Philosophy. |
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Consciousness. |
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Science |
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Philosophy. |
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Consciousness. |
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Cosmology. |
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Science. |
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Electronic Books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Smolin, Lee, |
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1955- |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=856055&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=856055&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518</a> |
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Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) |
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EBSCO |
| Classification part |
BD . |
| PUBLICATION YEAR |
2014 |
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ONLINE |
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NFIC |
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Cynthia Snell |
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Cynthia Snell |