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Possible physical universes

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McCabe G.

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce

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2005

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issue 37

73-97

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various types of physical universe which could exist according to modern mathematical physics. The paper begins with an introduction that approaches the question from the viewpoint of ontic structural realism. Section 2 takes the case of the 'multiverse' of spatially homogeneous universes, and analyses the famous Collins-Hawking argument, which purports to show that our own universe is a very special member of this collection. Section 3 considers the multiverse of all solutions to the Einstein field equations, and continues the discussion of whether the notions of special and typical can be defined within such a collection.

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Whatever is Inside is Outside: Do Nostalgic Memories Exist in Parallel Universes?

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K S.

Jednak Książki. Gdańskie Czasopismo Humanistyczne

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2021

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issue 13

69-75

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This paper explores nostalgic memories from an unconventional perspective and their complex relationship with parallel universes. The arrow of time is not necessarily linear, and nostalgic memories pertaining to the past or the future, be it in this world or in parallel universes, could be accessed in various states of consciousness. Whatever is inside (in the internal environment of an individual) is outside (in the external environment), which is in line with esoteric teachings and individualistic experiences. The Indian concept of Maya (illusion) that applies to the material world, acts as a hindrance to experiencing Brahman or the ultimate Truth. Until one is able to perceive the infinitely connected universe in all its gigantic underlying unity, it may be posited that nostalgic memories exist in parallel universes.

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Kształty czasu: nauka – literatura – rzeczywistość. (Refleksja nad kwantową świadomością Soni Front)

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Jędrzejko P.

ER(R)GO: Teoria – Literatura – Kultura

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2017

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issue 35

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Paweł JędrzejkoDepartment of American and Canadian StudiesInstitute of English Cultures and LiteraturesFaculty of PhilologyUniversity of Silesia in KatowicePolandShapes of Time: Science – Literature – Reality(A Reflection upon Sonia Front’s Quantum Consciousness)Abstract: The article offers a reflection upon Sonia Front’s work oriented towards working out adequate intellectual instrumentarium to address quantum fiction: a phenomenon inspired by the philosophical ramifications of crucial developments in physics in the 20th and 21st centuries. Revolving around her recent monograph titled Shapes of Time in British Twenty-First Century Fiction (2015), the argument of the article aims at shedding light on how Sonia Front arrives at the postulate of a certain order countering chaos within a great hermeneutic circle: w wheel in motion, propelling the constant return from the quantum reality to the reality of discurse, a return in which the overwhelming General impacts the ungraspable Detail and the Detail decides about the shape of the General, the great hologram. Front does it in full awareness of the temporariness of such an order, but despite its transience, she decides to formulate an academic statement, to tell a „truth” about the world, time, and human experience: an experience that inescapably becomes her-and our-share. Presented in such a perspective, quantum consciousness, as postulated by Sonia Front, seems to offer a new promise for the research practice of contemporary scholarship.Keywords: quantum mechanics, literary studies, quantum fiction, cultural practice, methodology

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Paweł JędrzejkoDepartment of American and Canadian StudiesInstitute of English Cultures and LiteraturesFaculty of PhilologyUniversity of Silesia in KatowicePolandShapes of Time: Science – Literature – Reality(A Reflection upon Sonia Front’s Quantum Consciousness)Abstract: The article offers a reflection upon Sonia Front’s work oriented towards working out adequate intellectual instrumentarium to address quantum fiction: a phenomenon inspired by the philosophical ramifications of crucial developments in physics in the 20th and 21st centuries. Revolving around her recent monograph titled Shapes of Time in British Twenty-First Century Fiction (2015), the argument of the article aims at shedding light on how Sonia Front arrives at the postulate of a certain order countering chaos within a great hermeneutic circle: w wheel in motion, propelling the constant return from the quantum reality to the reality of discurse, a return in which the overwhelming General impacts the ungraspable Detail and the Detail decides about the shape of the General, the great hologram. Front does it in full awareness of the temporariness of such an order, but despite its transience, she decides to formulate an academic statement, to tell a „truth” about the world, time, and human experience: an experience that inescapably becomes her-and our-share. Presented in such a perspective, quantum consciousness, as postulated by Sonia Front, seems to offer a new promise for the research practice of contemporary scholarship.Keywords: quantum mechanics, literary studies, quantum fiction, cultural practice, methodology

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Darwinizm i koncepcja wieloświata a religijne wyjaśnienie racjonalnego porządku i poznawalności przyrody

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Bylica P.

Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa

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2012

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vol. 48

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issue 3 (193)

185-204

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I show that at present times there is a conflict between natural science and religion (Christian theism) in the domain that, until recently, was considered to be beyond scientific interest. What I mean here, is the question of general order, rationality or intelligibility of nature that was supposed to belong to the domain of philosophy or theology, rather than science itself. I show that Darwin’s theory of natural selection allowed to remove from science not only explanations referring to God’s supernatural interventions in nature, but also any reference to God’s guidance of development of life on Earth. The success of Darwin’s theory contributes to domination of naturalism in science. In turn the concept of multiverse that is found in the contemporary cosmology and quantum physics, is an idea that in naturalistic way- which makes it acceptable in science- makes it possible to rationally deny even the deistic concept of God’s only role in nature as a source of general order, rationality and intelligibility of the world.

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Permutation of the real: Greg Egan’s reinterpretation of virtual reality

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MCKay D.

Facta Simonidis

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2008

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issue 1

209-224

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Artykuł stanowi szczegółową analizę przedstawienia motywu wirtualnej rzeczywistości w powieści „Miasto Permutacji” (1994) australijskiego pisarza science fi ction Grega Egana. Celem analizy jest ukazanie sposobu w jaki współczesna literatura science fi ction odzwierciedla zmiany w postrzeganiu rzeczywistości spowodowane wzrostem znaczenia cyberprzestrzeni oraz symulacji komputerowych w dzisiejszym świecie. Poprzez analizę tekstu powieści oraz źródeł krytycznych, autor artykułu wyjaśnia naukowe podstawy opisywanej przez Egana idei mnogości wszechświatów - tzw. „teorii pyłu,” oraz sposobu w jaki teoria ta może sugerować nieprawidłowość tradycyjnego rozgraniczenia między rzeczywistością a rzeczywistością wirtualną. Wyniki rozważań wykazują, że treść opisywanej powieści stanowi raczej swoisty eksperyment myślowy oparty na teoriach fi zyki oraz ontologii kwantowej, niż literacką grę stworzoną głównie dla zabawienia czytelnika.

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The article is a detailed study of the concept of virtual reality as portrayed in Permutation City, a 1994 novel by an Australian science fi ction author Greg Egan. The objective of the argument is to show how contemporary science fi ction literature portrays the shift in perception of reality brought about by the growing importance of cyberspace and computer generated environments in today’s world. Detailed analysis of the original text and critical sources is used to explain the author’s scientifi c claims behind the central to the novel “dust theory” of multiple universes, and how this theory might be used to discredit the virtual vs. real distinction. The results thus obtained show that the novel is more of a serious thought experiment based on actual theories of quantum physics and quantum ontology than just a literary game designed primarily to amuse the reader.

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Przypadkowy Wszechświat: kryzys wiary w nauce

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Lightman A. P.

Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy

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2012

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vol. 9

255-267

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Historię nauki można postrzegać jako proces przemiany zjawisk niegdyś uważanych za przypadkowe w zjawiska pojmowalne w kategoriach fundamentalnych przyczyn i zasad. Ten długi i interesujący trend może dobiec końca. Spektakularny rozwój kosmologii sprawił, że niektórzy czołowi fizycy przyjęli pogląd, zgodnie z którym nasz Wszechświat jest tylko jednym z olbrzymiej liczby wszechświatów o bardzo różnych własnościach, a część najbardziej podstawowych cech naszego konkretnego Wszechświata jest zwyczajnie przypadkowa - jak losowy wynik rzutu kosmiczną kostką. W takim wypadku nie ma nadziei, że kiedykolwiek wyjaśnimy cechy naszego Wszechświata w kategoriach fundamentalnych przyczyn i zasad.

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The history of science can be viewed as the recasting of phenomena that were once thought to be accidents as phenomena that can be understood in terms of fundamental causes and principles.This long and appealing trend may be coming to an end. Dramatic developments in cosmological findings and thought have led some of the world’s premier physicists to propose that our universe is only one of an enormous number of universes with wildly varying properties, and that some of the most basic features of our particular universe are indeed mere accidents — a random throw of the cosmic dice. In which case, there is no hope of ever explaining our universe’s features in terms of fundamental causes and principles.

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Permutation of the real: Greg Egan’s reinterpretation of virtual reality

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McKay D.

Facta Simonidis

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2008

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vol. 1

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issue 1

209-223

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Artykuł stanowi szczegółową analizę przedstawienia motywu wirtualnej rzeczywistości w powieści „Miasto Permutacji” (1994) australijskiego pisarza science fiction Grega Egana. Celem analizy jest ukazanie sposobu, w jaki współczesna literatura science fiction odzwierciedla zmiany w postrzeganiu rzeczywistości spowodowane wzrostem znaczenia cyberprzestrzeni oraz symulacji komputerowych w dzisiejszym świecie. Poprzez analizę tekstu powieści oraz źródeł krytycznych, autor artykułu wyjaśnia naukowe podstawy opisywanej przez Egana idei mnogości wszechświatów – tzw. „teorii pyłu,” oraz sposobu w jaki teoria ta może sugerować nieprawidłowość tradycyjnego rozgraniczenia między rzeczywistością a rzeczywistością wirtualną. Wyniki rozważań wykazują, że treść opisywanej powieści stanowi raczej swoisty eksperyment myślowy oparty na teoriach fizyki oraz ontologii kwantowej, niż literacką grę stworzoną głównie dla zabawienia czytelnika.

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The article is a detailed study of the concept of virtual reality as portrayed in Permutation City, a 1994 novel by an Australian science fi ction author Greg Egan. The objective of the argument is to show how contemporary science fi ction literature portrays the shift in perception of reality brought about by the growing importance of cyberspace and computer generated environments in today’s world. Detailed analysis of the original text and critical sources is used to explain the author’s scientific claims behind the central to the novel “dust theory” of multiple universes, and how this theory might be used to discredit the virtual vs. real distinction. The results thus obtained show that the novel is more of a serious thought experiment based on actual theories of quantum physics and quantum ontology than just a literary game designed primarily to amuse the reader.

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Possible physical universes

Whatever is Inside is Outside: Do Nostalgic Memories Exist in Parallel Universes?

Kształty czasu: nauka – literatura – rzeczywistość. (Refleksja nad kwantową świadomością Soni Front)

Darwinizm i koncepcja wieloświata a religijne wyjaśnienie racjonalnego porządku i poznawalności przyrody

Permutation of the real: Greg Egan’s reinterpretation of virtual reality

Przypadkowy Wszechświat: kryzys wiary w nauce

Permutation of the real: Greg Egan’s reinterpretation of virtual reality