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Logic and Probability in Quantum Mechanics

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  • © 1976

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Editors:
  1. Patrick Suppes

    1. Stanford University, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 78)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Notion of Mechanistic Theory

      • G. Kreisel
      Pages 3-18

    3. Essai sur la Logique de L’indeterminisme et la Ramification de L’espace-Temps

      • Roland Fraïssé
      Pages 19-46

    4. How to Think Quantum-Logically

      • Hilary Putnam
      Pages 47-53

    5. The Conditional in Quantum Logic

      • Gary M. Hardegree
      Pages 55-72

    6. Empirical Logic and Quantum Mechanics

      • D. J. Foulis, C. H. Randall
      Pages 73-103

    7. Some Results from the Combinatorial Approach to Quantum Logic

      • Richard J. Greechie
      Pages 105-119

  3. Probability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. The Quantum Probability Calculus

      • J. M. Jauch
      Pages 123-146

    3. The Probability Structure of Quantum-Mechanical Systems

      • Zoltan Domotor
      Pages 147-177

    4. Towards a Revised Probabilistic Basis for Quantum Mechanics

      • Terrence L. Fine
      Pages 179-193

    5. Probability in a Discrete Model of Particles and Observations

      • Ted Bastin
      Pages 195-219

    6. Superposition and Macroscopic Observation

      • Nancy Delaney Cartwright
      Pages 221-234

    7. A Note on the So-Called Yes-No Experiments and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

      • Øistein Bjørnestad
      Pages 235-245

  4. Completeness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. On the Completeness of Quantum Theory

      • Arthur Fine
      Pages 249-281

    3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox

      • Bas C. Van Fraassen
      Pages 283-301

    4. Stochastic Incompleteness of Quantum Mechanics

      • Patrick Suppes, Mario Zanotti
      Pages 303-322

    5. Errors in the No Hidden Variable Proof of Kochen and Specker

      • Robert W. Latzer
      Pages 323-364
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About this book

During the academic years 1972-1973 and 1973-1974, an intensive sem­ inar on the foundations of quantum mechanics met at Stanford on a regular basis. The extensive exploration of ideas in the seminar led to the org~ization of a double issue of Synthese concerned with the foundations of quantum mechanics, especially with the role of logic and probability in quantum meChanics. About half of the articles in the volume grew out of this seminar. The remaining articles have been so­ licited explicitly from individuals who are actively working in the foun­ dations of quantum mechanics. Seventeen of the twenty-one articles appeared in Volume 29 of Syn­ these. Four additional articles and a bibliography on -the history and philosophy of quantum mechanics have been added to the present volume. In particular, the articles by Bub, Demopoulos, and Lande, as well as the second article by Zanotti and myself, appear for the first time in the present volume. In preparing the articles for publication I am much indebted to Mrs. Lillian O'Toole, Mrs. Dianne Kanerva, and Mrs. Marguerite Shaw, for their extensive assistance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University, USA

    Patrick Suppes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Logic and Probability in Quantum Mechanics

  • Editors: Patrick Suppes

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9466-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1976

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0570-9Published: 31 December 1975

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-9466-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 548

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Logic, Statistics, general

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