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Epistemology and Probability Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and the Nature of Quantum-Theoretical Thinking /

Quantum mechanics, discovered by Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger in 1925-1926, is famous for its radical implications for our conception of physics and for our view of human knowledge in general. While these implications have been seen as scientifically productive and intellectually liberat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plotnitsky, Arkady (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Fundamental Theories of Physics, 161
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction-Epistemology and Probability in Quantum Theory: Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy
  • Quantum Phenomena and the Double-Slit Experiment
  • Heisenberg's Revolutions: New Kinematics, New Mathematics, and New Philosophy
  • From Geometry to Algebra in Physics, with Heisenberg
  • Schrödinger's Waves: Propagation and Probability
  • Bohr's Como Argument: Complementarity and the Problem of Causality
  • From Como to Copenhagen: Renunciations
  • Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered both Complete and Local?
  • Essential Ambiguity and Essential Influence: Reading Bohr's Reply to EPR
  • Mysteries Without Mysticism, Correlations Without Correlata, Epistemology Without Ontology, and Probability Without Causality
  • 11 Conclusion: "The Mere Touch of Cold Philosophy".