An edition of Rigor of Angels (2023)
Rigor of Angels
Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
By William Egginton
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Publish Date
2023
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language
eng
Pages
338
Description:
We perceive time and space, but do we understand them? Answers from literature (Borges), physics (Heisenberg) and philosophy (Kant).
subjects: antinomies, the cosmos, epistemology, moral metaphysics, observation, quantum mechanics, the space-time continuum
People: Niels Bohr, Jorge Luis Bprges, Albert Einstein, God, Werner Heisenberg, Immanuel Kant, Erwin Schrödinger
Places: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Königsberg (Germany)
Times: the second half of the 18th century, the first half of the 20th century