Mathematical Undecidability, Quantum Nonlocality and the Question of the Existence of God.
[Book]
Driessen, A.; Suarez, Antoine
Springer Verlag
2013
Preface; A. Driessen, A. Suarez. Introduction; A. Driessen, A. Suarez. Part I: Mathematics and Undecidability. I. How Can or Should the Recent Developments in Mathematics Influence the Philosophy of Mathematics? H.C. Reichel. II. Number and Randomness, Algorithmic Information Theory - New Results on the Foundations of Mathematics; G.J. Chaitin. III. Meaning, Reality and Algorithms: Implications of the Turing Theorem; F. Cacace. IV. The Limits of Mathematical Reasoning; A. Suarez. V. Mathematics: A Pointer to an Independent Reality, Penrose's Interpretation of the Goedel and Turing Theorems; J.M. Schins. Part II: Physics and Nonlocality. VI. A Critical Approach to Complexity and Self Organization; F.T. Arecchi. VII. Indeterminism and Nonlocality; J.S. Bell. VIII. Nonlocality and the Principle of Free Experimentation; P. Pliska. IX. Optical Tests of Bell's Theorem; A.M. Fox. X. Nonlocal Phenomena: Physical Explanation and Philosophical Implications; A. Suarez. XI. Quantum Theory: A Pointer to an Independent Reality, a Discussion of Bernard d'Espagnat's `Veiled Reality'; J.M. Schins. Part III: Science, Meta-Science and the Existence of God. XII. Scientism and Scientific Knowledge of Things and God; J. Laeuffer. XIII. Physics and the Mind of God; P. Davies. XIV. The Question of the Existence of God in the Book of Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time; A. Driessen. XV. Final Remarks: Becoming Aware of Our Fundamental Limits in Knowing and Doing, Implications for the Question of theExistence of God; A. Driessen, A. Suarez. Notes on Contributors. Index.