Simultaneity: Temporal Structures and Observer Perspectives

Vrobel, Susie (Editor)/ Rossler, Otto (Editor)/ Marks-tarlow, Terry (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9812792414 / ISBN 13: 9789812792419

Published by World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2008

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480 pages. 9.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Simultaneity: Temporal Structures and Observer Perspectives
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812792414
• ISBN 13: 9789812792419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the question of how observer-participant perspectives are generated, what constrains them and how they may be modified. These questions are of vital importance and must be addressed in any discipline before formulating a hypothesis or designing a model about reality. Both epistemological questions about the nature of temporal nested structures and practical applications of our ability to contextualize are discussed. The resulting temporal observer-participant perspectives reflect approaches to the concept of simultaneity from the viewpoints of philosophers, logicians, cyberneticists and systems theorists, mathematicians, psychologists, medical practitioners, physicists, educationists, economists and musicologists. Although the main focus is on the cognitive sciences, as constraints to observer perspectives arise primarily from this field, the book will appeal to researchers of all disciplines and interested layman readers.

Review

very helpful for any scientist, whether young or experienced, who works in fields dealing with the phenomenon of emergence -- Sifis Micheloyannis, MD "University of Crete, Greece"