Quantum Worlds
Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics
Published on 11. April 2019
Book
Hardback
408 pages
978-1-108-47347-7 (ISBN)
Description
Quantum theory underpins much of modern physics and its implications draw the attention of industry, academia and public funding agencies. However there are many unsettled conceptual and philosophical problems in the interpretation of quantum mechanics which are a matter of extensive debate. These hotly debated topics include the meaning of the wave function, the nature of the quantum objects, the role of the observer, the non-locality of the quantum world, and the emergence of classicality from the quantum domain. Containing chapters written by eminent researchers from the fields of physics and philosophy, this book provides interdisciplinary, comprehensive and up-to-date perspectives of the problems related to the interpretation of quantum theory. It is ideal for academic researchers in physics and philosophy working on the ontology of quantum mechanics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Tables, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white
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Height: 251 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-47347-7 (9781108473477)
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Olimpia Lombardi | Sebastian Fortin | Cristian Lopez
Quantum Worlds
Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics
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04/2019
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Persons
Olimpia Lombardi is Principal Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations. She is the director of the research group in the philosophy of physics and philosophy of chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has been awarded grants from the Foundational Questions Institute and John Templeton Foundation. Sebastian Fortin is a Research Fellow at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations. He is a member of the group headed by Olimpia Lombardi, and collaborated in organising the international workshop 'Identity, interdistinguishability and non-locality in quantum physics' on which this volume is based. Cristian L?pez is a Ph.D. student at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the University of Lausanne. He is a member of the group headed by Olimpia Lombardi, and collaborated in organising the international workshop 'Identity, interdistinguishability and non-locality in quantum physics' on which this volume is based. Federico Holik is a Research Fellow at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations. He is a member of the group headed by Olimpia Lombardi, and collaborated in organising the international workshop 'Identity, interdistinguishability and non-locality in quantum physics' on which this volume is based.
Content
Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ontology from Different Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics: 1. Ontology for relativistic collapse theories Wayne C. Myrvold; 2. The Modal-Hamiltonian interpretation: measurement, invariance and ontology Olimpia Lombardi; 3. Quantum mechanics and perspectivalism Dennis Dieks; 4. Quantum physics grounded on Bohmian mechanics Nino Zanghi; 5. Ontology of the wave function and the many-worlds interpretation Lev Vaidman; 6. Generalized contexts for quantum histories Marcelo Losada, Leonardo Vanni and Roberto Laura; Part II. Realism, Wavefunction and Primitive Ontology: 7. What is the quantum face of realism? James Ladyman; 8. To be a realist about quantum theory Hans Halvorson; 9. Locality and wave function realism Alyssa Ney; Part III. Individuality, Distinguishability and Locality: 10. Making sense of non-individuals in quantum mechanics Jonas R. B. Arenhart, Otavio Bueno and Decio Krause; 11. From quantum to classical physics: the role of distinguishability Ruth Kastner; 12. Individuality and the account of non-locality: the case for the particle ontology in quantum physics Michael Esfeld; 13. Beyond loophole-free experiments: a search for non-ergodicity Alejandro Hnilo; Part IV. Symmetries and Structure in Quantum Mechanics: 14. Space-time symmetries in quantum mechanics Cristian Lopez and Olimpia Lombardi; 15. Symmetry, structure, and emergent subsystems Nathan Harshman; 16. Majorization, across the (quantum) universe Guido Bellomo and Gustavo M. Bosyk; Part V. The Relationship between the Quantum Ontology and the Classical World: 17. A closed-system approach to decoherence Sebastian Fortin and Olimpia Lombardi; 18. A logical approach to the quantum-to-classical transition Sebastian Fortin, Manuel Gadella, Federico Holik and Marcelo Losada; 19. Quantum mechanics and molecular structure: the case of optical isomers Juan Camilo Martinez Gonzalez, Jesus Jaimes Arriaga and Sebastian Fortin; Index.