Editors:
- Explores the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics
- Collects the work of distinguished philosophers and physicists
- Reviewed papers from The International Congress of Ontology (IOC)
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 406)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Bell’s Theorem and the Debate on Realism
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Front Matter
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Local Scientific Realism
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Front Matter
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Individuals, Individuation, and QM
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Front Matter
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Copenhagen Insights Revisited
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Front Matter
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About this book
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 philosophers as well as physicists, including David Albert, Harvey Brown, Jeffrey Bub, Otávio Bueno, James Cushing, Steven French, Victor Gomez-Pin, Carl Hoefer, Simon Kochen, Peter Lewis, Tim Maudlin, Peter Mittlestatedt, Roland Omnès, Juha Saatsi, Albert Solé, David Wallace, and Anton Zeilinger.
Since the early days of quantum mechanics, philosophers have studied the subject with growing technical skill and fruitfulness. Their efforts have unveiled intellectual bridges between physics and philosophy. These connections have helped fuel the contemporary debate about the scope and limits of realism and understanding in the interpretation of physical theories and scientific theories in general. The philosophical analysis of quantum mechanics is now one of the most sophisticated and productive areas in contemporary philosophy, as the papers in this collection illustrate.
Keywords
- reality quantum state new vs old
- What is really there in the quantum world?
- nomological interpretation wave function
- emergence space time
- Scientific Realism Physics
- universal quantum theory
- Identity quantum systems
- orthodox quantum mechanics
- Scientific realism quantum mechanics
- Quantum mechanics representation nature
- Local quantum Theory
- Frank Anthony Wilczek Philosophy
- Ilya Prigogine Philosophy
- Christian de Duve Philosophy
Editors and Affiliations
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CUNY Graduate Center & Queens College CUNY, The City University of New York, New York City, USA
Alberto Cordero
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics
Editors: Alberto Cordero
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15659-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15658-9Published: 24 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15661-9Published: 25 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15659-6Published: 13 August 2019
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 312
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Quantum Physics