Richard Healey was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona (1991–2021), Thyssen Research Fellow at Cambridge University (1978–80), Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (1980–87), and Associate Professor at the University of California, Davis (1988–91). He has published more than 60 articles as well as The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: An Interactive Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 1989). He also edited Reduction, Time and Reality (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Authority of Reason by Jean Hampton (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and (with Geoffrey Hellman) Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox (University of Minnesota Press, 1998).

A masterful guide to contemporary quantum mechanics and philosophical physics. ... Highly Recommended.

• Introduction 1: Quantum Theory: A Pragmatist Approach 2: Quantum Decoherence in a Pragmatist View: Dispelling Feynman's Mystery 3: How Quantum Theory Helps Us Explain 4: How to Use Quantum Theory Locally to Explain EPR-Bell Correlations 5: Observation and Quantum Objectivity 6: Quantum Meaning 7: Quantum Decoherence in a Pragmatist View: Resolving the Measurement Problem 8: Causality and Chance in Relativistic Quantum Field Theories 9: Local Causality, Probability, and Explanation 10: A Pragmatist-Inferentialist Account of the "Semantics" of Quantum Theory 11: Quantum States as Objective Informational Bridges 12: Quantum Theory and the Limits of Objectivity 13: Science without Representation 14: Quantum Theory: Realism or Pragmatism? 15: Is Quantum Mechanics a New Theory of Probability? 16: Representation and the Quantum State 17: The Measurement Problem for Emergent Spacetime in Loop Quantum Gravity 18: Securing the Objectivity of Relative Facts in the Quantum World 19: The World as We Know It 20: A Pragmatist View of the Metaphysics of Entanglement 21: Pragmatist Quantum Realism 22: On the Independent Emergence of Space-time 23: A Pragmatist Perspective on Causation, Laws, and Explanation 24: Laws of Nature as Epistemic Infrastructure Not Metaphysical Superstructure 25: Scientific Objectivity and Its Limits

Richard Healey was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona (1991–2021), Thyssen Research Fellow at Cambridge University (1978–80), Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (1980–87), and Associate Professor at the University of California, Davis (1988–91). He has published more than 60 articles as well as The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: An Interactive Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 1989). He also edited Reduction, Time and Reality (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Authority of Reason by Jean Hampton (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and (with Geoffrey Hellman) Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox (University of Minnesota Press, 1998).

A masterful guide to contemporary quantum mechanics and philosophical physics. ... Highly Recommended.

• Introduction 1: Quantum Theory: A Pragmatist Approach 2: Quantum Decoherence in a Pragmatist View: Dispelling Feynman's Mystery 3: How Quantum Theory Helps Us Explain 4: How to Use Quantum Theory Locally to Explain EPR-Bell Correlations 5: Observation and Quantum Objectivity 6: Quantum Meaning 7: Quantum Decoherence in a Pragmatist View: Resolving the Measurement Problem 8: Causality and Chance in Relativistic Quantum Field Theories 9: Local Causality, Probability, and Explanation 10: A Pragmatist-Inferentialist Account of the "Semantics" of Quantum Theory 11: Quantum States as Objective Informational Bridges 12: Quantum Theory and the Limits of Objectivity 13: Science without Representation 14: Quantum Theory: Realism or Pragmatism? 15: Is Quantum Mechanics a New Theory of Probability? 16: Representation and the Quantum State 17: The Measurement Problem for Emergent Spacetime in Loop Quantum Gravity 18: Securing the Objectivity of Relative Facts in the Quantum World 19: The World as We Know It 20: A Pragmatist View of the Metaphysics of Entanglement 21: Pragmatist Quantum Realism 22: On the Independent Emergence of Space-time 23: A Pragmatist Perspective on Causation, Laws, and Explanation 24: Laws of Nature as Epistemic Infrastructure Not Metaphysical Superstructure 25: Scientific Objectivity and Its Limits

Richard Healey was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona (1991–2021), Thyssen Research Fellow at Cambridge University (1978–80), Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (1980–87), and Associate Professor at the University of California, Davis (1988–91). He has published more than 60 articles as well as The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: An Interactive Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 1989). He also edited Reduction, Time and Reality (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Authority of Reason by Jean Hampton (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and (with Geoffrey Hellman) Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox (University of Minnesota Press, 1998).

A masterful guide to contemporary quantum mechanics and philosophical physics. ... Highly Recommended.

• Introduction 1: Quantum Theory: A Pragmatist Approach 2: Quantum Decoherence in a Pragmatist View: Dispelling Feynman's Mystery 3: How Quantum Theory Helps Us Explain 4: How to Use Quantum Theory Locally to Explain EPR-Bell Correlations 5: Observation and Quantum Objectivity 6: Quantum Meaning 7: Quantum Decoherence in a Pragmatist View: Resolving the Measurement Problem 8: Causality and Chance in Relativistic Quantum Field Theories 9: Local Causality, Probability, and Explanation 10: A Pragmatist-Inferentialist Account of the "Semantics" of Quantum Theory 11: Quantum States as Objective Informational Bridges 12: Quantum Theory and the Limits of Objectivity 13: Science without Representation 14: Quantum Theory: Realism or Pragmatism? 15: Is Quantum Mechanics a New Theory of Probability? 16: Representation and the Quantum State 17: The Measurement Problem for Emergent Spacetime in Loop Quantum Gravity 18: Securing the Objectivity of Relative Facts in the Quantum World 19: The World as We Know It 20: A Pragmatist View of the Metaphysics of Entanglement 21: Pragmatist Quantum Realism 22: On the Independent Emergence of Space-time 23: A Pragmatist Perspective on Causation, Laws, and Explanation 24: Laws of Nature as Epistemic Infrastructure Not Metaphysical Superstructure 25: Scientific Objectivity and Its Limits