Seeing double : (Record no. 32167)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780262661737
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 111.82 PES-P
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Personal name Pesic, Peter
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Seeing double :
Remainder of title shared identities in physics, philosophy, and literature /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Peter Pesic
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. The MIT Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2002
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 184 p.
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Price type code INR
Price amount 1075.00.
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General note The unknown history of surveillance in relation to changing systems of representation and visual arts practice. The separateness and connection of individuals is perhaps the central question of human life: What, exactly, is my individuality? To what degree is it unique? To what degree can it be shared, and how? To the many philosophical and literary speculations about these topics over time, modern science has added the curious twist of quantum theory, which requires that the elementary particles of which everything consists have no individuality at all. All aspects of chemistry depend on this lack of individuality, as do many branches of physics. From where, then, does our individuality come? In Seeing Double, Peter Pesic invites readers to explore this intriguing set of questions. He draws on literary and historical examples that open the mind (from Homer to Martin Guerre to Kafka), philosophical analyses that have helped to make our thinking and speech more precise, and scientific work that has enabled us to characterize the phenomena of nature. Though he does not try to be all-inclusive, Pesic presents a broad range of ideas, building toward a specific point of view: that the crux of modern quantum theory is its clash with our ordinary concept of individuality. This represents a departure from the usual understanding of quantum theory. Pesic argues that what is bizarre about quantum theory becomes more intelligible as we reconsider what we mean by individuality and identity in ordinary experience. In turn, quantum identity opens a new perspective on us.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy and science
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychology and literature
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychology and philosophy
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Individuality
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Identity (Psychology)
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Identity (Philosophical concept)
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