Lars Q. English, There Is No Theory of Everything. A Physics Perspective on Emergence, Springer 2017, ss. 224 (eBook), review
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https://doi.org/10.15633/sts.3546Keywords:
Emergence, reductionism, anti-reductionism, philosophy of physicsAbstract
Lars Q. English’s book consists of an introduction, eight chapters and a short ending. The author shows how the latest discoveries of physics are changing thinking about the world, approving the occurrence of emergence. As a physicist himself, he combined the results obtained in physics with philosophical reflection, hence this book is worth recommending to students and graduates of science with philosophical tendencies.
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