EAN: 9783030500825

MIND AND THE COSMIC ORDER - CHARLES PINTER KART...

The topic of this book is the relationship between mind and the physical world. From once being
an esoteric question of philosophy  this subject has become a central topic in the foundations
of quantum physics. The book traces this story back to Descartes  through Kant  to the
beginnings of 20th Century physics  where it becomes clear that the mind-world relationship is
not a speculative question but has a direct impact on the understanding of physical phenomena.
The book's argument begins with the British empiricists who raised our awareness of the fact
that we have no direct contact with physical reality  but it is the mind that constructs the
form and features of objects. It is shown that modern cognitive science brings this insight a
step further by suggesting that shape and structure are not internal to objects  but arise in
the observer. The author goes yet further by arguing that the meaningful connectedness between
things - the hierarchical organization of all we perceive - is the result of the Gestalt nature
of perception and thought  and exists only as a property of mind. These insights give the first
glimmerings of a new way of seeing the cosmos: not as a mineral wasteland but a place inhabited
by creatures.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9783030500825

Produktinformationen zur 9783030500825