Incompleteness, Nonlocality, and Realism : A Prolegomenon to the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Paperback / softback
by Michael (Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Professor of History and Philosoph Redhead
Part of the Clarendon Paperbacks series
Paperback / softback
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* WINNER OF THE 1988 LAKATOS AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE *This book concentrates on research done during the last twenty years on the philosophy of quantum mechanics.
In particular, the author focuses on three major issues: whether quantum mechanics is an incomplete theory, whether it is non-local, and whether it can be interpreted realistically.
Much of the book is concerned with distinguishing various senses in which these questions can be taken, and assessing the bewildering variety of answers philosophers and physicists have given up to now.
The book is self-contained in that it presents the necessary parts of the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics and also covers other interpretative topics, such as the problem of measurement and the uncertainty relations.
A considerable portion of the book is based on original arguments presented by the author in lectures and research papers over the past ten years.
However, this material is integrated with a broad coverage of most of the recent research in the field, so as to provide a balanced introduction to the whole subject.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/08/1989
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- ISBN:9780198242383
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/08/1989
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198242383
