Quantum Causality by Peter J Riggs
There is no sharp dividing line between the foundations of physics and philosophy of physics. This is especially true for quantum mechanics. The debate on the interpretation of quantum mechanics has raged in both the scientific and philosophical communities since the 1920s and continues to this day. (We shall understand the unqualified term 'quantum mechanics' to mean the mathematical formalism, i. e. laws and rules by which empirical predictions and theoretical advances are made. ) There is a popular rendering of quantum mechanics which has been publicly endorsed by some well known physicists which says that quantum mechanics is not only 1 more weird than we imagine but is weirder than we can imagine. Although it is readily granted that quantum mechanics has produced some strange and counter-intuitive results, the case will be presented in this book that quantum mechanics is not as weird as we might have been led to believe! The prevailing theory of quantum mechanics is called Orthodox Quantum Theory (also known as the Copenhagen Interpretation). Orthodox Quantum Theory endows a special status on measurement processes by requiring an intervention of an observer or an observer's proxy (e. g. a measuring apparatus). The placement of the observer (or proxy) is somewhat arbitrary which introduces a degree of subjectivity. Orthodox Quantum Theory only predicts probabilities for measured values of physical quantities. It is essentially an instrumental theory, i. e.-
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Dissolving Naturalism and Historicism Into Each Other
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Intuitionism Resocialized
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John Venn: Unpublished Writings and Selected Correspondence
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Rationis Defensor
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Cartesian Empiricisms
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The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century
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A Subtle and Mysterious Machine
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Rationality and Reality
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The Discourse of Sensibility
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Space, Imagination and the Cosmos from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
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The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism
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The Force of an Idea
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Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion
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Descartes-Agonistes
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Bernard de Mandeville's Tropology of Paradoxes
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The Body as Object and Instrument of Knowledge
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How to Write the Global History of Knowledge-Making
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Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy
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Descartes’ Treatise on Man and its Reception
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The Responsibility of Science
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Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
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Reconsidering Historical Epistemology
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Vis Vim Vi: Declinations of Force in Leibniz's Dynamics
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Empiricist Theories of Space
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An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World
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Natural Kinds, Laws of Nature and Scientific Methodology
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Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity
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Causation and Laws of Nature
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Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science
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1543 and All That
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Trees of Life
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From Discrete to Continuous
From the reviews:
“This text on the derivation of both the time dependent and time independent Schrodinger equations is breaking new ground concerning the single, 2D, and 3D quantum mechanical systemsIt is very well written and superbly written for both student and expert … . the text will be of great value for future physicists, chemists, and other fields of science at both the introductory level, but also in addition to more advanced levels in both teaching/ research. I highly recommend this book for all readers.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2013)| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9789048124022 |
| ISBN 10 | 9048124026 |
| Title | Quantum Causality |
| Author | Peter J Riggs |
| Series | Studies In History And Philosophy Of Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 2009-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 230 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |