Between Chance and Choice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on DeterminismHarald Atmanspacher, Robert Bishop 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 seem 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. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Robert Bishop | 33 |
Determinism Is Ontic Determinability Is Epistemic | 49 |
Determinism Internalism and Objectivity | 75 |
Hidden Determinism Probability and Times Arrow | 89 |
TimeSpace Dilations and StochasticDeterministic Dynamics | 115 |
Transitions from Deterministic Evolution | 149 |
The Complementary Roles of Chance and Lawlike Elements | 189 |
A Quantum Mechanical Look at Time Travel and Free Will | 293 |
What is Determinism? | 309 |
Determinism Chance and Freedom | 339 |
Free Will Determinism and Indeterminism | 371 |
Agency and Soft Determinism | 407 |
Rethinking Determinism in Social Science | 425 |
Time Information and Determinism in Psychology | 469 |
Eastern Determinism Reconsidered | 485 |
Does Chance Make a Difference? | 209 |
On Causal Inference in Determinism and Indeterminism | 237 |
Contributors | 513 |
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