Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics
This edited volume explores the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics. It features papers from venues of the International Ontology Congress (IOC) up to 2016. IOC is a worldwide platform for dialogue and reflection on the interactions between science and philosophy. The collection features...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2019.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 406. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39886463*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics
- Part I: Bell’s Theorem and the Debate on Realism. Chapter 1: Inseparable Twins
- Chapter 2: Bell’s Theorem, Realism, and Locality
- Chapter 3: The Universal and the Local in Quantum Theory
- Part II: Ontological Explorations of QM. Chapter 4: The Reality of the Wavefunction: Old Arguments and New
- Chapter 5: Preliminary Considerations on the Emergence of Space and Time
- Chapter 6: Decoherence and Ontology
- Chapter 7: Bohmian Mechanics and its Ontological Commitments
- Chapter 8: The Nomological Interpretation of the Wave Function
- Chapter 9: Scientific Realism Meets the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics
- Chapter 10: Structural Realism and the Standard Model
- Part IV: Individuals, Individuation, and QM. Chapter 11: The Problem of Individualism from Greek Thought to Quantum Physics
- Chapter 12: Weyl, Identity, Indiscernibility, Realism
- Part V: Copenhagen Insights Revisited. Chapter 13: What is Really There in the Quantum World?
- Chapter 14: A Foundational Principle for Quantum Mechanics
- Part VI: Calls to Reconceptualize QM. Chapter 15: A Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics
- Chapter 16: What is orthodox quantum mechanics?.
