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Refl ection in the Waves Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory Edited by William A. Johnsen Refl ection in the Waves The Interdividual Observer in a Quantum Mechanical World Pablo Bandera Michigan State University Press East Lansing Copyright © 2019 by Pablo Bandera i The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). p Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5245 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bandera, Pablo, author. Title: Refl ection in the waves : the interdividual observer in a quantum mechanical world / Pablo Bandera. Description: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2019] | Series: Breakthroughs in mimetic theory | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2018020112 | ISBN 9781611862829 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781609175627 (pdf) | ISBN 9781628953299 (epub) | ISBN 9781628963298 (kindle) Subjects: LCSH: Quantum theory—Philosophy. Classifi cation: LCC QC174.12 .B35525 2019 | DDC 530.1201—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018020112 Cover and book design by Erin Kirk New Composition by Charlie Sharp, Sharp Des!gns, East Lansing, Michigan Cover art © Ali Mazraie Shadi. All rights reserved. G Michigan State University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative and is committed to developing and encouraging ecologically responsible publishing practices. For more information about the Green Press Initiative and the use of recycled paper in book publishing, please visit www.greenpressinitiative.org. Visit Michigan State University Press at www.msupress.org To my father, without whom this book would have been impossible. To my wife, without whom everything else would be unthinkable. Contents Introduction · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ix chapter 1. Th e Collapse of the Rational World · · · 1 chapter 2. Modern Observation through Medieval Eyes· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 35 chapter 3. Th e Interdividual Observer · · · · · · · 57 chapter 4. People and Th ings Hiding in Plain Sight · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 89 chapter 5. Th e Roots of Reality · · · · · · · · · 119 chapter 6. From Reality to Truth · · · · · · · · 147 chapter 7. Th e Imitation of Truth · · · · · · · · 177 epilogue. Science and Religion · · · · · · · · · 193 Notes · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 205 Index· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 217 Introduction Th e subtitle of this monograph is intended to give two gen- eral impressions: that it has something to do with modern physics and something to do with René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire. Th at these two subjects have anything to do with each other is admittedly a strange claim to make, and I should probably apologize for asking the reader to take his or her fi rst step in this study over a potential stumbling block. Th en again, readers of modern physics are used to odd con- trasts and apparent contradictions, and readers of mimetic theory are used to stumbling blocks. So it is precisely these readers who should be most open to an underlying synergy between the two fi elds of study, and it is this synergy that I wish to explore. Th e greater resistance will come, of course, from the ix

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