Physical computation and parallelism (constructive postmodern physics)

Author

Bowden, Keith

Author_Institution

Comput. Centre, Univ. of East London, Dagenham, UK

fYear

1994

fDate

17-20 Nov 1994

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

87

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that information may be the basic stuff of the universe. We consider this proposition in the light of Bohm and Hiley´s (1993) quantum potential, the work of the ANPA group on the combinatorial hierarchy, and the natural philosophies of G. Kron (1963) and M. Jessel (1962). We compare and contrast the philosophical backgrounds of both these and the more conventional Copenhagen interpretation. In conclusion, we suggest that our approach should be termed `constructive postmodern physics´

Keywords

combinatorial mathematics; computation theory; information theory; parallel processing; philosophical aspects; physics fundamentals; quantum theory; ANPA group; Copenhagen interpretation; combinatorial hierarchy; constructive postmodern physics; information; natural philosophies; parallelism; physical computation; quantum potential; Atom optics; Bifurcation; Concurrent computing; Ethics; Modems; Parallel processing; Physics computing; Quantum mechanics; Relativistic quantum mechanics; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Physics and Computation, 1994. PhysComp '94, Proceedings., Workshop on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6715-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PHYCMP.1994.363695

Filename

363695