
The Metaphysics of Quantum Theory
Henry Krips(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 8. February 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-19-824280-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book outlines the contours of the various debates on quantum theory, and presents an interpretation of it which, while metaphysically realist, resolves most of the paradoxes that have arisen. It aims to make these issues of interest not only to the specialist philosopher and physicist but also to readers who do not have a background in physics. A set of technical appendices provides a graduated series of proofs which introduce the quantum theory of continuous-valued quantities.
Reviews / Votes
`The writing is admirably clear and Krips goes to great pains to explain the formal devices he uses ... a careful reading should be able to bring the relatively uninitiated right up to the cutting edge of research in philosophy of quantum physics.' International Journal of Philosophy `A highly sophisticated and very competent work.' British Journal for the Philosophy of ScienceMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-824280-2 (9780198242802)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
Reader in History and Philosophy of ScienceReader in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Content
Introduction; Bohr; The State-vector and Probabilities; The Pilot-field; Operators and Physical Quantities; Measurement; Realism; Kocken and Specker; Stapp and Eberhard; Heywood and Redhead. Appendices; Operators and Physical Quantities; Advantages of the Operator Representation; Degenerate Physical Quantities; The Density Operator Formalism; The Density Operator of Sub-systems; The Product of Pure States; Impossibility of Reduction; The Bork Interpretation; The Principal; The Independence of Pure States; Contextualization; Index of Principles; Bibliography; Index.