Erwin Schradinger's World View: The Dynamics of Knowledge and Reality

Introduction; J. Götschl, W. LeinFellner. E. Schrödinger -- A Biographical Sketch; J. Götschl, G.A. Höfler. Part I: Physics in the Philosophical System of Erwin Schrödinger. Erwin Schrödinger and the Philosophy of the Physicists; E. Scheibe. Holistic Aspects of the Schrödinger Equation; H. Pietschmann. Schrödinger's Cat and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; B. Kanischeider. The Schrödinger Function of Macroscopic Systems; K. Baumann. Part II: Life Sciences and the Theories of Self in Erwin Schrödinger's Philosophical System. Schrödinger's Negentropy Concept and Biology; R. Riedl. Determination and Self-Organization: Erwin Schrödinger's Views on Chance; H. Hörz. Schrödinger, the Self and the Genes; W. Leinfellner. Erwin Schrödinger and his Contribution to a New Understanding of Living Systems; F.M. Wuketits. Part III: Erwin Schrödinger's World View and his Philosophical System. On the Scientific and Humanistic Thinking of Erwin Schrödinger during his Last Years; L. Halpern. Erwin Schrödinger as Historian -- Notes towards an Interpretation; Y. Elkana. Erwin Schrödinger's Position in the Einstein-Bohr Debate; U. Röseberg. The Notion of Consciousness in Schrödinger's Philosophy of Nature; H. Poser. Remembering Schrödinger; L. Halpern. The Study of Nature and the Emergence of World View -- Philosophical Reflections on E. Schrödinger's Approach; J. Götschl. Bibliography of Erwin Schrödinger's Works. Name Index. Subjects Index.