Topics In The Modal Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics
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| Author | : Dennis Dieks |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 1998-10-31 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780792352075 |
According to the modal interpretation, the standard mathematical framework of quantum mechanics specifies the physical magnitudes of a system, which have definite values. Probabilities are assigned to the possible values that these magnitudes may adopt. The interpretation is thus concerned with physical properties rather than with measurement results: it is a realistic interpretation (in the sense of scientific realism). One of the notable achievements of this interpretation is that it dissolves the notorious measurement problem. The papers collected here, together with the introduction and concluding critical appraisal, explain the various forms of the modal interpretation, survey its achievements, and discuss those problems that have yet to be solved. Audience: Philosophers of science, theoretical physicists, and graduate students in these disciplines.
| Author | : Alastair Wilson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0198846215 |
This book defends a radical new theory of contingency as a physical phenomenon. Drawing on the many-worlds approach, it argues that quantum theories are best understood as telling us about the space of genuine possibilities, rather than as telling us solely about actuality.
| Author | : Dennis Dieks |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9401150842 |
According to the modal interpretation, the standard mathematical framework of quantum mechanics specifies the physical magnitudes of a system, which have definite values. Probabilities are assigned to the possible values that these magnitudes may adopt. The interpretation is thus concerned with physical properties rather than with measurement results: it is a realistic interpretation (in the sense of scientific realism). One of the notable achievements of this interpretation is that it dissolves the notorious measurement problem. The papers collected here, together with the introduction and concluding critical appraisal, explain the various forms of the modal interpretation, survey its achievements, and discuss those problems that have yet to be solved. Audience: Philosophers of science, theoretical physicists, and graduate students in these disciplines.
| Author | : Gennaro Auletta |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 1030 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9789810246143 |
The aim of this book is twofold: to provide a comprehensive account of the foundations of the theory and to outline a theoretical and philosophical interpretation suggested from the results of the last twenty years.There is a need to provide an account of the foundations of the theory because recent experience has largely confirmed the theory and offered a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities. On the other side, the following results have generated a new basis for discussing the problem of the interpretation: the new developments in measurement theory; the experimental generation of ?Schrdinger cats?; recent developments which allow, for the first time, the simultaneous measurement of complementary observables; quantum information processing, teleportation and computation.To accomplish this task, the book combines historical, systematic and thematic approaches.
| Author | : Franck Laloë |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2012-08-30 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 110702501X |
Gives an overview of the quantum theory and its main interpretations. Ideal for researchers in physics and mathematics.
| Author | : Bas C. Van Fraassen |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Quantum theory |
| ISBN | : 9780198239802 |
The author argues that quantum theory admits a plurality of interpretations, each aiding further understanding of the theory, but also advocating specifically the Copenhagen Variant of the Modal Interpretation. That variant is applied to topics like the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox and the problem of 'identical' particles.
| Author | : Olimpia Lombardi |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 411 |
| Release | : 2019-04-11 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1108473474 |
Offers a comprehensive and up-to-date volume on the conceptual and philosophical problems related to the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
| Author | : William Demopoulos |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2006-11-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1402048769 |
The essays in this volume were written by leading researchers on classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity. They detail central topics in the foundations of physics, including the role of symmetry principles in classical and quantum physics, Einstein's hole argument in general relativity, quantum mechanics and special relativity, quantum correlations, quantum logic, and quantum probability and information.
| Author | : Jeffrey Bub |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 1999-08-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780521653862 |
Philosophy of physics title by highly regarded author, fully revised for this paperback edition.
| Author | : Gregg Jaeger |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2013-08-27 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3642376290 |
This monograph identifies the essential characteristics of the objects described by current quantum theory and considers their relationship to space-time. In the process, it explicates the senses in which quantum objects may be consistently considered to have parts of which they may be composed or into which they may be decomposed. The book also demonstrates the degree to which reduction is possible in quantum mechanics, showing it to be related to the objective indefiniteness of quantum properties and the strong non-local correlations that can occur between the physical quantities of quantum subsystems. Careful attention is paid to the relationships among such property correlations, physical causation, probability, and symmetry in quantum theory. In this way, the text identifies and clarifies the conceptual grounds underlying the unique nature of many quantum phenomena.
