Born in Haifa, Israel, David Deutsch was educated at Cambridge and Oxford universities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a professor of physics at the University of Oxford, where he is a member of the Centre for Quantum Computation. His many honors include the Institute of Physics' Paul Dirac Prize and Medal. The author of The Fabric of Reality, he lives in England.
This is a bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve. In his previous book, "The Fabric of Reality", Deutsch describes the four deepest strands of existing knowledge - the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, "The Beginning of Infinity" is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind.
Po 一下 10-18 章的笔记. 这本书越到后面越精彩. ## 第10章: 苏格拉底的梦 ----- *认知论* > 触摸一个物体的感觉并没有发生在我们体验到它发生的地方, 即不在手触及的地方, 而在头脑里的某一处. 我们所能接触到的世界是一堆信号: 光学, 声学, 触觉, 嗅觉, 听觉信号: 因为...
评分无穷的开始算是一本哲学书,其中夹带着很多物理知识,看的是原版书,很多内容没有完全明白。该书有两点感悟。第一人类的发展过程归结于对社会未知现象的解释,第二人类取得重大进步,和乐观的态度有很大关系。 人类刚诞生不久,对自然世界一无所知,所以人类过得很艰难。后来...
评分1.所谓“知识”,是指对一个事件很好的解读视角。 2.知识的源头是猜想,所谓“知识”,也可以解读为通过证明保留下来的猜想。 3.知识形成的决定性因素是怀疑猜想的能力。始终怀有“根据事实调整观念”的思维倾向是很好的批判能力。 4.创造力与批判力也符合“用进废退”原理,不...
评分Po 一下 10-18 章的笔记. 这本书越到后面越精彩. ## 第10章: 苏格拉底的梦 ----- *认知论* > 触摸一个物体的感觉并没有发生在我们体验到它发生的地方, 即不在手触及的地方, 而在头脑里的某一处. 我们所能接触到的世界是一堆信号: 光学, 声学, 触觉, 嗅觉, 听觉信号: 因为...
把道金斯、霍金一顿批,作者对人类特别有信心,也不盲目,希望如此吧。写作很僵硬,读着像在做逻辑题。
评分touched by such passionate optimism
评分把道金斯、霍金一顿批,作者对人类特别有信心,也不盲目,希望如此吧。写作很僵硬,读着像在做逻辑题。
评分其实是本讨论哲学的书.
评分In seek of good explanation
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