Does an observer belong in physics?

• Authors: Jan Novotný
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper we comment on the opinions of great philosophers from various epochs on the relationship between computers and the human mind. We ponder over whether we might be able to gain an understanding of the human mind and a perception of the world from the scientific point of view. We focus on the relationship between these two issues.

Keywords

EN

computers; understanding; human mind; observer; natural processes

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 170-177

Dates

published

2014-04-01

online

2014-03-29

Contributors

author

Jan Novotný

• Masaryk University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-014-0217-x