The Metaphysics of Quantum Theory

AvHenry Krips,Australia) Krips, Henry (Reader in History and Philosophy of Science, Reader in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

This book outlines the contours of the various debates on quantum theory, and presents an interpretation of it which, while metaphysically realist, resolves most of the paradoxes that have arisen. It aims to make these issues of interest not only to the specialist philosopher and physicist but also to readers who do not have a background in physics. A set of technical appendices provides a graduated series of proofs which introduce the quantum theory of continuous-valued quantities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1990-02-08
Mått:139 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:342 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Clarendon Paperbacks
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198242802

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`The writing is admirably clear and Krips goes to great pains to explain the formal devices he uses ... a careful reading should be able to bring the relatively uninitiated right up to the cutting edge of research in philosophy of quantum physics.' International Journal of Philosophy

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Bohr; The State-vector and Probabilities; The Pilot-field; Operators and Physical Quantities; Measurement; Realism; Kocken and Specker; Stapp and Eberhard; Heywood and Redhead. Appendices; Operators and Physical Quantities; Advantages of the Operator Representation; Degenerate Physical Quantities; The Density Operator Formalism; The Density Operator of Sub-systems; The Product of Pure States; Impossibility of Reduction; The Bork Interpretation; The Principal; The Independence of Pure States; Contextualization; Index of Principles; Bibliography; Index.