Quantum Reality and Theory of Sunya

The book deals with expounding the nature of Reality as it is understood in contemporary times in Quantum Physics. It also explains the classical Indian theory of Sunya in its diverse facets. Thereafter it undertakes comparison between the two which is an area of great topical interest. It is a cross-disciplinary study by erudite Indian and western scholars between traditional Indian knowledge system and contemporary researches in Physical sciences. It points out how the theory of 'Sunyata has many seminal ideas and theories in common with contemporary Quantum Physics. The learned authors have tried to dissolve the "mysteries" of Quantum Physics and resolved its "weird paradoxes" with the help of theory of Sunyata. The issue of non-separability or entanglement has been approached with the help of the Buddhist theory of Pratityasamutpada. The paradoxical situation of "wave-particle duality" has been explained with thehelp of Upani adic theory of complementarity of the two opposites. The measurement problem represented by "Schrodinger's cat" has been dealt with by resorting to two forms of the calculation of probabilities. Some writers have argued for Sunyata-like non-essentialist position to understand quantum reality. To make sense of quantum theory some papers provide a happy symbiosis of technical understanding and personal meditative experience by drawing multifarious parallels. This book will be of interest to philosophically inclined physicists and philosophers with interest in quantum mechanics.

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Professor Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt is an eminent philosopher and Sanskritist. Presently, he is Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research. He is also Chairman of Indian Philosophical Congress and Asian Congress of Philosophy. He retired as Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, Delhi. He is internationally known as an authority on ancient Indian culture, Buddhism, Jainism and Vedanta. His research areas include Indian philosophy, logic, epistemology, ethics, value-theory, philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, social and political thought, etc. He has lectured in many universities and research institutes of the United States, Canada, Finland, Trinidad, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. He is a member of many national and international associations. He is a Member of Board of Advisors of Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C., USA, which has brought out 300 volumes on world cultures and civilizations.

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Part I Theory of Quantum Reality.- 1. Quantum Reality, Spiritual concepts and Modern Optics Experiments Devulapali V. Rao & Lalitha D Rao.- *2. Beyond Materiality: Quantum Mechanics and the Problem of the Observer *Subhash Kak.- *3. Can a quantum field theory ontology help resolve the problem of consciousness? *Anand Rangarajan.- *4. Emergent Reality in Quantum to Classical Transition Tabish Qureshi.- Part II Concept of nya.- 5. nya and *Pra S.S. Rama Rao Pappu.- *6. Quantum Reality and the theory of *nya Amalkumar Mukhopadhyay.- **Part III Comparative Analysis of nature of Quantum Reality and Theory of nya.- 7. Two aspects of Snyat in quantum physics: relativity of properties and quantum non-separability Michel Bitbol.- *8. *nya, nyat and Reality in Modern Physics Herbert Bernstein.- *9. Quantum Reality and the Concepts of Infinity, Infinitesimal and Zero in Mathematical and Vedic Sciences *Radhey Shayam Kaushal.- *10. Concepts of Reality, *nya and nyat from the perspective of a physicist Kashyap Vasavada.- *11. Intrinsic property, Quantum vacuum and *nyat Sisir Roy.- *12. Beyond Vednta: Speculations of a Quantum Realist *Rajendra Bajpai.- *13. Quantum Vacuum and Beyond: An Exegesis in the Light of the concept of *nya Rajeshwer Mukherjee.- *14. How to approach *nyat as the Quantum Reality through Biological consciousness Bal Ram Singh.- *15. Quantum Physics, Consciousness and *nya S. Rammohan.- *16. The concept of Reality in Quantum Mechanics and *nyavda from the perspective of Yoga Geo Lyong Lee.- *17. Quantum Mechanics shows the limit of Naïve Realism *Bhakti Vijnana Muni.- *18. Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in modern Science and *Vedntic Philosophy: Particulate concept to quantum mechanics in modern science and nyavda to Acintya-bhedbheda-tattva in Vednta Bhakti Niskama Shanta.- *19. Is *Ngrjuna's nyavda Complimentary to Quantum Field Theory Sreekala Nair.- *20. Quantum Reality and Concept of *nya: Need for an Integrative Approach Surendra Singh Pokharna.- *21. The Concept of *nya with Reference to the pañcasakhs, the Mahim and Modern Quantum Reality Bijayananda Kar.- *22. Quantum Reality and nya *Jayant Burde.- *23. Ontological Reality: Quantum theory and Emptiness in Buddhist Philosophy *Geshe Damdul.- *24. Logical Interface between Quantum Physics and *nyat with special reference to Theravda and Mdhyamika Philosophy Rana Purushottam.- *25. How the *Pañcakoa Model of experience fits the understanding of nya and how it help Explain Quantum Reality R.M. Shetkar, Alex Hankey and H.R.Nagendra.- *26. How Physics would look like if based on the metaphysical guidelines of nyavada? *Debajyoti Gangopadhyay.