Contextuality from Quantum Physics to Psychology
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Applied, Science, Physics, Quantum Theory
| Author: | Ehtibar Dzhafarov, Scott Jordan, Ru Zhang;Victor Cervantes | ISBN: | 9789814730624 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | November 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | WSPC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ehtibar Dzhafarov, Scott Jordan, Ru Zhang;Victor Cervantes |
| ISBN: | 9789814730624 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | November 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | WSPC |
| Language: | English |
The book explores the variety of meanings of contextuality across different disciplines, with the emphasis on quantum physics and on psychology.
Contents:
- Conversations on Contextuality (Ehtibar N Dzhafarov & Janne V Kujala)
- Contextual Semantics (Samson Abransky)
- From Coupling to Copula (Hans Colonius)
- Einstein, Bohm, and Leggett-Garg (Guido Bacciagaluppi)
- It is the Theory Which Decides What We Can Observe (Thomas Filk)
- Reality, Contextuality, and Probability in Quantum Theory and Beyond (Arkady Plotnitsky)
- Contextual Emergence (Harald Atmanspacher)
- Contextuality in Physics and Quantum Cognition (J Acacio de Barros & Gary Oas)
- End-Directedness and Context in Nonliving Dissipative Systems (James A Dixon, Dilip Kondepudi, Bruce A Kay & Tehran J Davis)
- Foregrounding the Background (J Scott Jordan, Jiuyang Bai, Vincent Cialdella & Daniel Schloesser)
- Symmetry-Breaking in Multiagent Coordination (Michael J Richardson & Rachel W Kallen)
- Probabilistic Contextuality (Janne V Kujala & Ehtibar N Dzhafarov)
- Quantum Thinking and Counterfactual Reasoning (Louis Narens)
- Quantum Theory, Active Information and the Mind-Matter Problem (Paavo Pylkkänen)
- Principles Defining Quantum Mechanics (Gary Oas & J Acacio de Barros)
- Our (Represented) World: A Quantum-Like Object (Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky & Francois Dubois)
- Why Would You Want to Borrow from My Discipline? (Emmanuel Haven)
- Quantum Information Biology (Masanari Asano, Irina Basieva, Andrei Khrennikov, Masanori Ohya, Yoshiharu Tanaka & Ichiro Yamato)
- Similarity Judgments: From Classical to Complex Vector Psychological Spaces (Albert Barque Duran, Emmanuel M Pothos, James M Yearsley, James A Hampton, Jerome R Busemeyer & Jennifer S Trueblood)
- A Quantum Bayes Net Approach to Causal Reasoning (Jennifer S Trueblood, Percy K Mistry & Emmanuel M Pothos)
Readership: Researchers in quantum physics, mathematical modelling and cognitive science.
Key Features:
- It is historically the first book dedicated entirely to contextuality
- It is interdisciplinary, involving quantum physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, analytic philosophers, economists, and psychologists
- Its chapters are written by leading specialists in these various fields
The book explores the variety of meanings of contextuality across different disciplines, with the emphasis on quantum physics and on psychology.
Contents:
- Conversations on Contextuality (Ehtibar N Dzhafarov & Janne V Kujala)
- Contextual Semantics (Samson Abransky)
- From Coupling to Copula (Hans Colonius)
- Einstein, Bohm, and Leggett-Garg (Guido Bacciagaluppi)
- It is the Theory Which Decides What We Can Observe (Thomas Filk)
- Reality, Contextuality, and Probability in Quantum Theory and Beyond (Arkady Plotnitsky)
- Contextual Emergence (Harald Atmanspacher)
- Contextuality in Physics and Quantum Cognition (J Acacio de Barros & Gary Oas)
- End-Directedness and Context in Nonliving Dissipative Systems (James A Dixon, Dilip Kondepudi, Bruce A Kay & Tehran J Davis)
- Foregrounding the Background (J Scott Jordan, Jiuyang Bai, Vincent Cialdella & Daniel Schloesser)
- Symmetry-Breaking in Multiagent Coordination (Michael J Richardson & Rachel W Kallen)
- Probabilistic Contextuality (Janne V Kujala & Ehtibar N Dzhafarov)
- Quantum Thinking and Counterfactual Reasoning (Louis Narens)
- Quantum Theory, Active Information and the Mind-Matter Problem (Paavo Pylkkänen)
- Principles Defining Quantum Mechanics (Gary Oas & J Acacio de Barros)
- Our (Represented) World: A Quantum-Like Object (Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky & Francois Dubois)
- Why Would You Want to Borrow from My Discipline? (Emmanuel Haven)
- Quantum Information Biology (Masanari Asano, Irina Basieva, Andrei Khrennikov, Masanori Ohya, Yoshiharu Tanaka & Ichiro Yamato)
- Similarity Judgments: From Classical to Complex Vector Psychological Spaces (Albert Barque Duran, Emmanuel M Pothos, James M Yearsley, James A Hampton, Jerome R Busemeyer & Jennifer S Trueblood)
- A Quantum Bayes Net Approach to Causal Reasoning (Jennifer S Trueblood, Percy K Mistry & Emmanuel M Pothos)
Readership: Researchers in quantum physics, mathematical modelling and cognitive science.
Key Features:
- It is historically the first book dedicated entirely to contextuality
- It is interdisciplinary, involving quantum physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, analytic philosophers, economists, and psychologists
- Its chapters are written by leading specialists in these various fields
