ISBN: 9780198242383

* 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 … Mehr…

* 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 ofthe 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 ofquantum 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 materialis 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. | Incompleteness Nonlocality and Realism by Michael Redhead Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Math & Physics > Physics > Nuclear Physics P10117, Michael Redhead<

ISBN: 0198242387

Clarendon Press, 1989. 200p. Paperback. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Broschiert Printed on Demand 4 weeks, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU: Oxford University Press]