Quantum Mechanics Between Ontology and Epistemology. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Florian J. Boge.
• Authors: Boge, Florian J
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why Philosophize About Quantum Mechanics?; 1.2 A Few Words on Interpretation; 2 Some Quantum Mechanics, Its Problems, and How Not to Think About Them; 2.1 Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Off to a Gentle Start; 2.1.1 A Tale of Waves and Particles?; 2.1.2 Abstractions, Examples, and Further Peculiarities; 2.1.3 Quantum `Waves' Are No Ordinary Waves...Nor Are There Ordinary Particles; 2.1.4 The Quantum Postulates, the Outcome Problem, and the Orthodox Interpretation 6.3.2 Quantum Decoherence and Its Importance for the Many Worlds Interpretation6.3.3 The Problem of Probabilities; 6.3.4 Matters of Ontology; 6.4 Discussion (ii): No Clear Winner?; 6.5 Intermediate Conclusions (ii); 7 Reconsidering Knowledge, or, Coming to Terms With Quantum Mechanics; 7.1 Preliminaries: A Change in Perspective; 7.2 The Quantum Bayesian Program and QBist Epistemology; 7.2.1 The Formal Epistemological Background; 7.2.2 How to Carry the Program Over to Quantum Mechanics?; 7.2.3 Quantum States Do Not Exist, Nor Do Hidden Variables...But Then What Does?
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (445 p.)
• Subjects: 530.12; Philosophy; Quantum theory; Ontology; Knowledge, Theory of; Science_xPhilosophy; Genetic epistemology; SCIENCE / Energy; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; SCIENCE / Physics / General; Science -- Physics; Philosophy -- Epistemology; History of science; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy of science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319957651; 9783319957654
• Related ISBNs: 3319957643; 9783319957647
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