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Since indeterminacy

the new picture of the physical world at the end of modernity

Ramón Queraltó

pp. 253-262

Abstract

Indeterminism in modern physics has supposed an important change of paradigms for our scientific understanding of physical reality. In fact this change, from a philosophical point of view, is still stimulating a lot of reflections and discussions which hold a great conceptual significance, in such a way that the philosophical virtualities of the new indeterministic paradigm are very far from being exhausted. These theoretical possibilities especially refer to the ontological and epistemological levels, which, as a rule, are connected to one another a natural extent. In this work, I will mainly pay attention to some ontological consequences originating in indeterminism, that is to say, to some new philosophical categories that can be considered a legacy of science to philosophy at the end of Modernity.

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Published in:

Ginev Dimitri, Cohen Robert S (1997) Issues and images in the philosophy of science: scientific and philosophical essays in honour of Azarya Polikarov. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 253-262

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5788-9_14

Full citation:

Queraltó Ramón (1997) „Since indeterminacy: the new picture of the physical world at the end of modernity“, In: D. Ginev & R.S. Cohen (eds.), Issues and images in the philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer, 253–262.