The Causal Universe (E-book) Kraków

A collection of essays dealing with causality, a core issue for both science and philosophy. The Reader will learn about different types of causality in complex systems and about new perspectives on this issue based on physical and cosmological considerations. In addition, the collection includes essays pertaining to the problem of causality in ancient Greek philosophy, and to the problem of God’s relation to the causal structures of nature viewed in the light of contemporary physics and cosmology. Spis treści: Michael Heller Introduction Part I Top down casuality and complexity George F.R. Ellis Why Are the Laws of Nature as They Are? What Underlies Their Existence? Top-Down Causation as the Key to the Emergence of Complexity Jean-Philipe Uzan Models of the Cosmos and the Emergence of Complexity Derek Raine Causality and Complexity Part II Casuality and the structure of the Universe Marek Kuś The uncertain future and the ambiguous past in classical, quantum and general non-signaling settings Julian Barbour Reductionist Doubts Andrzej M. Sołtan X-ray background and cosmology Andrzej Sitarz Causality and Noncommutativity Michael Heller Bottom-Up Causality in a New Setting Mariusz P. Dąbrowski Varying physical constant cosmologies and the anthropic principles Part II Ultimate casuality Bogdan Dębiński Causality issues in ancient Greek philosophy William R. Stoeger Cosmology, Evolution, Causality and Creation: The Limits, Compatibility and Cooperation of Scientific and Philosophical Methodologies Thomas Tracy God and the Causal Structures of Nature: Some Puzzles Willem B. Drees God as a Ground? Cosmology and Non-Causal Conceptions of the Divine