The map and the territory. Exploring the foundations of science, thought and reality

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Maps and Territories in Scientific Investigation  (Evandro Agazzi)....Pages 3-14
 On the Ontology/Epistemology Distinction  (Michele Marsonet)....Pages 15-33
 *Intuition* in Classical Indian Philosophy: Laying the Foundation for a Cross-Cultural Study   (Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, Purushottama Bilimoria)....Pages 35-70
 The Map and the Territory  (John R. Searle)....Pages 71-78
 Iconic Representation: Maps, Pictures, and Perception  (Tyler Burge)....Pages 79-100
 Scientific Realism in the Post-Kuhnian Times  (Tian Yu Cao)....Pages 101-123
 Quantum Mechanics, the Manifestation of the Territory, and the Evolution of Maps  (Ulrich Mohrhoff)....Pages 125-138
Front Matter ....Pages 139-139
 How We Make Sense of the World: Information, Map-Making, and the Scientific Narrative  (Marcelo Gleiser, Damian Sowinski)....Pages 141-163
 Theories of Knowledge and Theories of Everything  (David H. Wolpert)....Pages 165-184
 Substantivalism and Relationism as Bad Cartography: Why Spatial Ontology Needs a Better Map  (Edward Slowik)....Pages 185-198
 Force in Physics and in Metaphysics: A Brief History  (Barry Dainton)....Pages 199-231
 Map and Territory in Physics: The Role of an Analogy in Black Hole Physics  (W. G. Unruh)....Pages 233-243
 Topological Foundations of Physics  (Joseph Kouneiher)....Pages 245-271
 Quantum Physics and Time from Inconsistent Marginals  (Chiara Marletto, Vlatko Vedral)....Pages 273-280
 Quantum Non-individuality: Background Concepts and Possibilities  (Décio Krause, Jonas R. Becker Arenhart)....Pages 281-305
 Quantum Mechanics as a Semantic Problem  (Hans Herlof Grelland)....Pages 307-323
 Mapping Quantum Reality: What to Do When the Territory Does Not Make Sense?  (J. Acacio de Barros, Gary Oas)....Pages 325-342
Front Matter ....Pages 343-343
 Mathematics, Maps, and Models  (Ian Stewart)....Pages 345-356
 A View from Space: The Foundations of Mathematics  (Jean-Pierre Marquis)....Pages 357-375
 Reconciling the Realist/Anti Realist Dichotomy in the Philosophy of Mathematics  (Bharath Sriraman, Per Haavold)....Pages 377-388
 To the Edge of the Map  (Barry Mazur)....Pages 389-401
 El Aleph, Or a Monster Lurks in the Belly of Computer Science  (Francisco Antonio Doria)....Pages 403-417
 Two Algorithms for NP-Complete Problems and Their Relevance to Economics  (C. A. Cosenza, Francisco Antonio Doria)....Pages 419-429
 Building the World Out of Information and Computation: Is God a Programmer, Not a Mathematician?  (Gregory J. Chaitin)....Pages 431-438
Front Matter ....Pages 439-439
 The Invention of Consciousness  (Nicholas Humphrey)....Pages 441-454
 The Fantasy of First-Person Science  (Daniel C. Dennett)....Pages 455-473
 Rethinking Life  (Eörs Szathmáry)....Pages 475-488
 Genome Regulation Is All Non-local: Maps and Functions  (Basuthkar J. Rao)....Pages 489-511
 A Philosophical Perspective on a Metatheory of Biological Evolution  (Virginia M. F. G. Chaitin, Gregory J. Chaitin)....Pages 513-532
 On How Epistemology and Ontology Converge Through Evolution: The Applied Evolutionary Epistemological Approach  (Nathalie Gontier)....Pages 533-569
 Quantum Perspectives on Evolution  (Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi)....Pages 571-595
Front Matter ....Pages 597-597
 In the Deserts of Cartography: Building, Dwelling, Mapping  (Robert T. Tally Jr.)....Pages 599-608
 Territory, Geographic Information, and the Map  (Donald G. Janelle, Michael F. Goodchild)....Pages 609-627
Back Matter ....Pages 629-641