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Quantum Ontology
A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics
Taschenbuch von Peter J. Lewis
Sprache: Englisch

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Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics-not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions, but because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new possibilities.
Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics-not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions, but because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new possibilities.
Über den Autor
Peter Lewis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. He studied physics at Oxford University and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. His main research interest is how to understand quantum mechanics as a description of the physical world. He has published a number of articles in influential journals on various facets of this project.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Introduction

  • 1 Phenomena and Theory

  • 1.1 Interference

  • 1.2 Entanglement

  • 1.3 Matrix mechanics

  • 1.4 Wave mechanics

  • 1.5 Interpretation

  • 2 Realism

  • 2.1 Quantum mechanics as incomplete

  • 2.2 No-go theorems

  • 2.3 What do the theorems prove?

  • 2.4 Rescuing realism

  • 2.5 Conclusion

  • 3 Underdetermination

  • 3.1 The measurement problem

  • 3.2 Spontaneous collapse theories

  • 3.3 Hidden variable theories

  • 3.4 The many worlds theory

  • 3.5 Reducing the alternatives

  • 3.6 Conclusion

  • 4 Indeterminacy

  • 4.1 Textbook indeterminacy

  • 4.2 Radical indeterminacy

  • 4.3 Moderate indeterminacy

  • 4.4 Indeterminacy and branching

  • 4.5 Avoiding indeterminacy

  • 4.6 Conclusion

  • 5 Causation

  • 5.1 Locality

  • 5.2 Particle trajectories

  • 5.3 Wave packets

  • 5.4 Collapses as causes

  • 5.5 Conclusion

  • 6 Determinism

  • 6.1 Uncertainty

  • 6.2 Probability

  • 6.3 Immortality

  • 6.4 Free will

  • 6.5 Conclusion

  • 7 Dimensions

  • 7.1 Configuration space

  • 7.2 Three-dimensionality as an illusion

  • 7.3 Adding ontology

  • 7.4 Interpreting the wave function

  • 7.5 Conclusion

  • 8 Parts and Wholes

  • 8.1 The case for holism

  • 8.2 Holism reconsidered

  • 8.3 The case against individuals

  • 8.4 Individuals reconsidered

  • 8.5 Conclusion

  • 9 Six Quantum Worlds

  • References

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190469818
ISBN-10: 0190469811
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lewis, Peter J.
Hersteller: OUP US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Peter J. Lewis
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2016
Gewicht: 0,392 kg
Artikel-ID: 108609929
Über den Autor
Peter Lewis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. He studied physics at Oxford University and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. His main research interest is how to understand quantum mechanics as a description of the physical world. He has published a number of articles in influential journals on various facets of this project.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Introduction

  • 1 Phenomena and Theory

  • 1.1 Interference

  • 1.2 Entanglement

  • 1.3 Matrix mechanics

  • 1.4 Wave mechanics

  • 1.5 Interpretation

  • 2 Realism

  • 2.1 Quantum mechanics as incomplete

  • 2.2 No-go theorems

  • 2.3 What do the theorems prove?

  • 2.4 Rescuing realism

  • 2.5 Conclusion

  • 3 Underdetermination

  • 3.1 The measurement problem

  • 3.2 Spontaneous collapse theories

  • 3.3 Hidden variable theories

  • 3.4 The many worlds theory

  • 3.5 Reducing the alternatives

  • 3.6 Conclusion

  • 4 Indeterminacy

  • 4.1 Textbook indeterminacy

  • 4.2 Radical indeterminacy

  • 4.3 Moderate indeterminacy

  • 4.4 Indeterminacy and branching

  • 4.5 Avoiding indeterminacy

  • 4.6 Conclusion

  • 5 Causation

  • 5.1 Locality

  • 5.2 Particle trajectories

  • 5.3 Wave packets

  • 5.4 Collapses as causes

  • 5.5 Conclusion

  • 6 Determinism

  • 6.1 Uncertainty

  • 6.2 Probability

  • 6.3 Immortality

  • 6.4 Free will

  • 6.5 Conclusion

  • 7 Dimensions

  • 7.1 Configuration space

  • 7.2 Three-dimensionality as an illusion

  • 7.3 Adding ontology

  • 7.4 Interpreting the wave function

  • 7.5 Conclusion

  • 8 Parts and Wholes

  • 8.1 The case for holism

  • 8.2 Holism reconsidered

  • 8.3 The case against individuals

  • 8.4 Individuals reconsidered

  • 8.5 Conclusion

  • 9 Six Quantum Worlds

  • References

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190469818
ISBN-10: 0190469811
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lewis, Peter J.
Hersteller: OUP US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Peter J. Lewis
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2016
Gewicht: 0,392 kg
Artikel-ID: 108609929
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