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The philosophy of quantum mechanics : an interactive interpretation / Richard Healey.

By: Healey, Richard.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989Description: xiv, 270 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0521371058.Subject(s): Quantum theory | Physics -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 530.12
Contents:
Introduction -- Overview -- Dynamical states -- The hierarchy of quantum systems -- The structure of dynamical states -- Dynamics -- Measurement and quantum states -- Measurement interactions -- Idealizations relaxed -- The assignment of quantum states -- Coupled systems -- Metaphysical aspects -- Alternatives compared -- Naive realism -- Copenhagen -- Everett -- Kochen -- Open questions.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 530.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00030374
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is one of the most important books on quantum mechanics to have appeared in recent years. It offers a dramatically new interpretation that resolves puzzles and paradoxes associated with the measurement problem and the behavior of coupled systems. A crucial feature of this interpretation is that a quantum mechanical measurement can be certain to have a particular outcome even when the observed system fails to have the property corresponding to that outcome just prior to the measurement interaction.

Bibliography: (pages 261-264) and index.

Introduction -- Overview -- Dynamical states -- The hierarchy of quantum systems -- The structure of dynamical states -- Dynamics -- Measurement and quantum states -- Measurement interactions -- Idealizations relaxed -- The assignment of quantum states -- Coupled systems -- Metaphysical aspects -- Alternatives compared -- Naive realism -- Copenhagen -- Everett -- Kochen -- Open questions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Overview
  • 2 Dynamical states
  • 3 Measurement and quantum states
  • 4 Coupled systems
  • 5 Metaphysical aspects
  • 6 Alternatives compared
  • 7 Open questions
  • Appendix
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index

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