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1 online resource (viii, 121 pages) |
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CONTENTS -- Abstract -- I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND EXPOSITION -- A. Preface -- B. The Copenhagen interpretation -- C. Ambiguous language -- D. Intellectual deadlock -- E. Heuristic considerations -- F. Subject of investigation -- G. Guides to the literature -- II. OBSERVABILITY AND EXISTENCE OF PROPERTIES -- A. Direct versus indirect observation -- B. Measurement -- C. Copenhagen measurement axioms -- D. Revised axioms -- E. Pseudo-measurements -- F. Theory dependence of reality -- III. THE TWO-MODEL REPRESENTATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS |
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""A. Model of Facts and Ï?-model""""B. Translation modes""; ""C. Elimination of paradoxes""; ""D. Comparison with the Copenhagen dualistic world model""; ""E. Bell's list of ""bad words""""; ""IV. TIME DEPENDENCE OF THE WAVE FUNCTION AND MULTIPLE EVENTS""; ""A. Two different time variations""; ""B. Questions to discuss""; ""C. Occurrence axioms for multiple events""; ""D. Historic annotations""; ""E. Different kinds of alleged Ï?-reduction""; ""F. Further remarks""; ""V. OTHER APPLICATION MODES; QUASI-PROPERTIES AND Ï?-STRUCTURES""; ""A. Modes of application"" |
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""B. Quasi-properties, quasi-observations""""C. Mutual independence of application modes""; ""D. Generalization""; ""E. Spatial Ï?-structures""; ""F. Further application modes""; ""G. Defining an ""observation""""; ""H. Initial values and Ï?-preparation""; ""I. Non-factual aspects of Ï?""; ""VI. GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""A. Critique of the Copenhagen interpretation""; ""B. Answers to questions of understanding""; ""B. 1. ""Macroscopic"" systems""; ""B. 2. Single objects or ensembles?""; ""B. 3. Interaction versus measurement""; ""B. 4. Einstein's Moon""; ""B. 5. Atomic print"" |
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VII. UNCERTAINTIES AND UNCERTAINTY RELATIONSA. Purpose of investigation -- B. Mathematical definition -- C. The Critical Interpretation -- D. Heisenberg's interpretations -- E. Analysis and critique -- F. Hybrid models -- G. Result -- H. On a debate between Einstein and Bohr -- VIII. CRITICAL NOTES ON THE EINSTEIN-PODOLSKY-ROSEN ARGUMENT -- A. Introductory remarks -- B. Three definitions of reality -- C. The intended indirect proof -- D. Application of the Critical Interpretation -- E. Bell's inequalities -- F. EPR in brief -- IX. CONCLUSION |
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A. Deductive synopsis of the main resultsB. Solution of the main conceptional problems -- C. Questions of method -- D. Brief summary -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES |
| Summary |
The interpretation of quantum mechanics in this book is distinguished from other existing interpretations in that it is systematically derived from empirical facts by means of logical considerations as well as methods in the spirit of analytical philosophy, in particular operational semantics. The new interpretation, using a two-model approach overcomes the well-known conceptional problems and paradoxes of "orthodox" quantum theory. This interdisciplinary book should be of interest to scholars, teachers, and students in the fields of physics and philosophy of science |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-121) |
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Print version record |
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Quantum theory.
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Quantum Theory
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
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Quantum theory
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Quantentheorie
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Interpretation
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Théorie quantique.
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Electronic book
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9789814354790 |
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9814354791 |
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