Diederik Aerts

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty Member

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Diederik Aerts is a theoretical physicist and active as a researcher in the foundations of quantum mechanics and the study of quantum structures in human cognition, language and society.
Address: Center Leo Apostel
Krijgskundestraat 33
1160 Brussels, Belgium

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Science, technology, and social change : the orange book of“Einstein meets Magritte

0. General Introduction D. Aerts. 1. Editorial introduction: Blurring the Colors of 'Einstein... more 0. General Introduction D. Aerts. 1. Editorial introduction: Blurring the Colors of 'Einstein meets Magritte' S. Smets, et al. 2. Participating in the World: Research and Education in a Changing Society D. Aerts. 3. Science, Philosophy and Society A. Ambrogi. 4. Science: Searching for the Soul? M.A. Anees. 5. Realism as a new Philosophy of Social Science P. Baert. 6. The Cognitive Revolution and 21st Century Enlightenment: Towards a Contemporary Evolutionary Progressive World View J.L. Bernheim. 7. Mac meets Philip II: The Changing Technological Discourse in Mexico H. Castanos-Lomnitz. 8. Mea Culpa: Formal Education and the Dis-Integrated World B.P. Coppola, D.S. Daniels. 9. Art Academies, Cultural Copying Fidelity and Society: Later European Visual Representation as a Predatory Phenomenon B. Cullen. 10. Perspective Unity: Nietzsche and the Politics of International Health J.W. Douard, Y.B. Panisset. 11. Let's Try and Pair Contradictory Pairs: Notes on the Dynamics of Antagonistic Cognition M.-C. Dupre. 12. Control, Contestation, Collaboration: The Anorexic Body and a Rescripting of Psychiatry S. Fuller. 13. Small Innovation Firms in a Transition Economy N.B. Isakova. 14. Science and Technology in Transition: The Polish Case A.H. Jasinski. 15. The Information Superhighway: The Atom-bomb of the 90's N. Repenning. 16. Persons, Lives and Histories: An Attempt to a Critique of the Study of (Single) Persons in Psychohistory and Political Psychology E. Rosseel.17. Wallerstein's World-System Analysis: A Critical Assessment J.-L. Van Belle. 18. The Emergence of a Learning Society in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities L. Van Langenhove. 19. The Media, the Public Sphere and Talk Shows H. Verstraeten. 20. Science, Fiction & the Appeal of Complexity A. Vranckx. Index.

A quantum mechanical description of the liar paradox

Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics

Quantum structures and the nature of reality : the indigo book of "Einstein meets Magritte

General Introduction D. Aerts. Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality. Editorial D. Aerts, J. ... more General Introduction D. Aerts. Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality. Editorial D. Aerts, J. Pykacz. A half-century of Quantum Logic - what have we learned? D. Foulis. Quantum mechanical measurements S. Gudder. From Logic to Physics: the logico-algebraic foundations of quantum theory G. Cattaneo, F. Laudisa. Non-classical logics, non-classical sets, and non-classical physics J. Pykacz. Against 'Paradoxes': A new quantum philosophy for quantum mechanics C. Garola. Quantum mechanics: Structures, Axioms and Paradoxes D. Aerts. Orthogonality relations: From classical to quantum T. Durt. Quantum logical semantics, historical truths and interpretations in Arts M.L. Dalla Chiara, R. Giuntini.

Quantum Structures and the Nature of Reality

Springer eBooks, 1999

The series of books 'Einstein meets Magritte' presented here originates from an international int... more The series of books 'Einstein meets Magritte' presented here originates from an international interdisciplinary conference with the same title, which took place in Brussels in spring 1995. On the eve of the third millennium, we assembled scientists and artists to reflect together on the deep nature of reality and the knowledge and skill humankind has gathered in this field. We had decided to call this meeting 'Einstein meets Magritte' because we believed that meaningful keys could be found at the place where the two meet. It is the way of the world that has made Einstein and Magritte into icons of our culture. The purpose of the conference was to reflect and debate without fear on the most profound and timeless questions. On one of those evenings, when the talks and discussions were long and exhausting and the press were doing all they could to get Albert Einstein and Rene Magritte in front of the microphones and cameras, a few of my most loyal aides and myself succeeded in getting them safely and quietly to a taxi, which then carried us off into the Brussels night. We got out at Manneken Pis, since that was on Einstein's list, and we concealed ourselves among the many tourists who were coming and going, expressing their wonder in every language under the sun at the famous little statue. And one of us was taking pictures: Einstein and Magritte leaning against the railings, with us beside them, and one more, arm in arm, and then another in case the first was no good, when suddenly I felt a heavy slap on my shoulder: "How you doing, mate?" It was Jacky and his inseparable girlfriends Nicole and Sylvie, and everyone embraced everyone else. I introduced Albert and Rene, and interest was immediately shown, and I had my heart in my mouth, because Jacky was a painter, poet and urban philosopher. We walked together through the alleys of Brussels in dismal Belgian rain, over cobblestones that glistened in the street lamps. When we had provided for the inner man with 'Rabbit in Beer' and 'Mussels with Fries', and finally a 'Dame Blanche' topped with warm chocolate sauce as apotheosis, Jacky enticed us to his house in the Rue Haute where we threw ourselves into deep, soft armchairs. Albert and Rene were offered the best places and as always Jacky told the story VB

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