Quantum theory and the flight from realism : philosophical responses to quantum mechanics /

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Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realismis a critical introduction to the long-standing debate concerning the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, and the problems it has posed for physicists and philosophers from Einstein to the present. Quantum theory has been a major influence on postmo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norris, Christopher, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series:Critical realism--interventions.
Subjects:
Quantum theory > Philosophy.
Realism.
Théorie quantique > Philosophie.
Réalisme.
SCIENCE > Physics > Quantum Theory.
Quantum theory > Philosophy
Realism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Is it possible to be a realist about quantum mechanics?
  • 2. Quantum theory and the logic of anti-realism
  • 3. Bell, Bohm and the EPR debate: a case for nonlocal realism
  • 4. Quantum worlds without end: the multiverse according to Deutsch
  • 5. Should philosophers take lessons from quantum theory?
  • 6. Putnam's progress: quantum theory and the flight from realism
  • 7. Can logic be quantum-relativized? Putnam, Dummett and the 'great quantum muddle'
  • 8. From Copenhagen to the stars: some ways of quantum worldmaking.

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