The Metaphysics Of Bohmian Mechanics

Author : Vera Matarese
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 260 pages
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Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110793871

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The Metaphysics of Bohmian Mechanics by Vera Matarese Pdf

The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive guide to the metaphysics of Bohmian mechanics. Bohmian mechanics is a quantum theory that describes the motion of particles following trajectories that are determined by the quantum wave-function. The key question that the theory has to face relates to the ontological interpretation of the quantum wave-function. The main debate has mostly centered around two opposing views, wave-function realism on the one hand, and the nomological view on the other hand. The supporters of the former believe that the wave-function is a physical field living in a high-dimensional space; the supporters of the latter regard the wave-function as just an entity that appears in the laws of nature and lacks physical status. This monograph discusses both views open-mindedly, illuminating their tacit problems and providing new insight into how they can be overcome. Moreover, it discusses the structuralist view, which is often neglected and which can be regarded as a reconciliation of the two main opposing camps.

Author : J.T. Cushing,Arthur Fine,S. Goldstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401587150

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Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal by J.T. Cushing,Arthur Fine,S. Goldstein Pdf

We are often told that quantum phenomena demand radical revisions of our scientific world view and that no physical theory describing well defined objects, such as particles described by their positions, evolving in a well defined way, let alone deterministically, can account for such phenomena. The great majority of physicists continue to subscribe to this view, despite the fact that just such a deterministic theory, accounting for all of the phe nomena of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, was proposed by David Bohm more than four decades ago and has arguably been around almost since the inception of quantum mechanics itself. Our purpose in asking colleagues to write the essays for this volume has not been to produce a Festschrift in honor of David Bohm (worthy an undertaking as that would have been) or to gather together a collection of papers simply stating uncritically Bohm's views on quantum mechanics. The central theme around which the essays in this volume are arranged is David Bohm's version of quantum mechanics. It has by now become fairly standard practice to refer to his theory as Bohmian mechanics and to the larger conceptual framework within which this is located as the causal quantum theory program. While it is true that one can have reservations about the appropriateness of these specific labels, both do elicit distinc tive images characteristic of the key concepts of these approaches and such terminology does serve effectively to contrast this class of theories with more standard formulations of quantum theory.

Author : Mathew Chandrankunnel
Publisher : Global Vision Pub House
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Holism
ISBN : 8182202582

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Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics by Mathew Chandrankunnel Pdf

Physics And Philosophy Inextricably Intertwine In This Book. Physics Unravels The Splendour Of Nature While Philosophy Discloses Its Profoundness. Physics Unveils The Regularity Of Nature Through The Physical Laws While Philosophy Transcends And Transforms It Into A Fabulous Noematic Vision Of Disclosure. The Author Uses A Fourfold Strategy In This Book. In The Firstfold, The Life And Influences Of Bohm Are Explained So That The Reader Can Trace His Intellectual Shoreline. The Secondfold Examines The Conceptual Development Of The Physical Theory Of Quantum Mechanics, Its Interpretation As Copenhagen Mechanics And The Criticism Of Copenhagen Mechanics. In The Thirdfold, Bohmian Mechanics Or The Quantum Holism Is Examined In Detail. The Fourthfold Delves Deep Into The Bohmian Metaphysics That Is Basically Derived From Physics And Describes Its Salient Features And Its Symbolic Representation. A Philosophical Exami-Nation Is Conducted On This Holistic Mythopoeic Cosmology Of Bohm That Is Extended From His Quantum Vision To The Cosmic Reality.

Author : Alyssa Ney,David Albert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199790807

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The Wave Function by Alyssa Ney,David Albert Pdf

This is a new volume of original essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics. The essays address questions such as: What fundamental metaphysics is best motivated by quantum mechanics? What is the ontological status of the wave function? Does quantum mechanics support the existence of any other fundamental entities, e.g. particles? What is the nature of the fundamental space (or space-time manifold) of quantum mechanics? What is the relationship between the fundamental ontology of quantum mechanics and ordinary, macroscopic objects like tables, chairs, and persons? This collection includes a comprehensive introduction with a history of quantum mechanics and the debate over its metaphysical interpretation focusing especially on the main realist alternatives.

Author : Valia Allori
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030996420

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Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality by Valia Allori Pdf

This edited collection provides new perspectives on some metaphysical questions arising in quantum mechanics. These questions have been long-standing and are of continued interest to researchers and graduate students working in physics, philosophy of physics, and metaphysics. It features contributions from a diverse set of researchers, ranging from senior scholars to junior academics, working in varied fields, from physics to philosophy of physics and metaphysics. The contributors reflect on issues about fundamentality (is quantum theory fundamental? If so, what is its fundamental ontology?), ontological dependence (how do ordinary objects exist even if they are not fundamental?), realism (what kind of realism is compatible with quantum theory?), indeterminacy (can the world itself exhibit ontological indeterminacy?). The book contains contributions from both physicists (including Nobel Prize winner Gerard 't Hooft), science communicators and philosophers.

Author : Robert Sonné Cohen,Michael Horne,John J. Stachel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : UOM:39015040989892

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Experimental Metaphysics by Robert Sonné Cohen,Michael Horne,John J. Stachel Pdf

Author : Peter J. Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190618797

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Quantum Ontology by Peter J. Lewis Pdf

Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics. Why? Not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions-the theory itself is remarkably silent on the nature of the physical world, and the various interpretations of the theory on offer present conflicting ontological pictures. Rather, quantum mechanics is essential to the metaphysician because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new metaphysical possibilities. Even if quantum mechanics provides few clear answers, there are good reasons to think that any adequate understanding of the quantum world will result in a radical reshaping of our classical world-view in some way or other. Whatever the world is like at the atomic scale, it is almost certainly not the swarm of particles pushed around by forces that is often presupposed. This book guides readers through the theory of quantum mechanics and its implications for metaphysics in a clear and accessible way. The theory and its various interpretations are presented with a minimum of technicality. The consequences of these interpretations for metaphysical debates concerning realism, indeterminacy, causation, determinism, holism, and individuality (among other topics) are explored in detail, stressing the novel form that the debates take given the empirical facts in the quantum domain. While quantum mechanics may not deliver unconditional pronouncements on these issues, the range of possibilities consistent with our knowledge of the empirical world is relatively small-and each possibility is metaphysically revisionary in some way. This book will appeal to researchers, students, and anybody else interested in how science informs our world-view.

Author : Anna Marmodoro,David Yates
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198735878

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The Metaphysics of Relations by Anna Marmodoro,David Yates Pdf

In this work, 15 philosophers offer new essays exploring the metaphysics of relations from antiquity to the present day. From those who question whether there are relational properties at all, to those who hold they are a fundamental part of reality, the essays cover a wide range of views on the nature and ontological status of relations.

Author : Peter J. Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190469825

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Quantum Ontology by Peter J. Lewis Pdf

Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics-not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions, but because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new possibilities. This book guides readers through the theory of quantum mechanics and its metaphysical implications in a clear and accessible way.

Author : Tim Maudlin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691190679

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Philosophy of Physics by Tim Maudlin Pdf

A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world’s leading philosophers of physics In this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world’s leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics. The briefest, clearest, and most refined account of his influential approach to the subject, the book will be invaluable to all students of philosophy and physics. Quantum mechanics holds a unique place in the history of physics. It has produced the most accurate predictions of any scientific theory, but, more astonishing, there has never been any agreement about what the theory implies about physical reality. Maudlin argues that the very term “quantum theory” is a misnomer. A proper physical theory should clearly describe what is there and what it does—yet standard textbooks present quantum mechanics as a predictive recipe in search of a physical theory. In contrast, Maudlin explores three proper theories that recover the quantum predictions: the indeterministic wavefunction collapse theory of Ghirardi, Rimini, and Weber; the deterministic particle theory of deBroglie and Bohm; and the conceptually challenging Many Worlds theory of Everett. Each offers a radically different proposal for the nature of physical reality, but Maudlin shows that none of them are what they are generally taken to be.

Author : Jeremy Butterfield,Constantine Pagonis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521660259

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From Physics to Philosophy by Jeremy Butterfield,Constantine Pagonis Pdf

This collection of essays by leading philosophers of physics was first published in 2000, and offers philosophical perspectives on two of the central elements of modern physics, quantum theory and relativity. The topics examined include the notorious 'measurement problem' of quantum theory and the attempts to solve it by attributing extra values to physical quantities, the mysterious non-locality of quantum theory, the curious properties of spatial localization in relativistic quantum theories, and the problem of time in the search for a theory of quantum gravity. Together the essays represent some of the last decade's research in philosophy of physics, particularly interestingly within the philosophy of quantum theory.

Author : Antonella Corradini,Uwe Meixner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110351064

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Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind by Antonella Corradini,Uwe Meixner Pdf

Quantum physics, in contrast to classical physics, allows non-locality and indeterminism in nature. Moreover, the role of the observer seems indispensable in quantum physics. In fact, quantum physics, unlike classical physics, suggests a metaphysics that is not physicalism (which is today’s official metaphysical doctrine). As is well known, physicalism implies a reductive position in the philosophy of mind, specifically in its two core areas, the philosophy of consciousness and the philosophy of action. Quantum physics, in contrast, is compatible with psychological non-reductionism, and actually seems to support it. The essays in this book explore, from various points of view, the possibilities of basing a non-reductive philosophy of mind on quantum physics. In doing so, they not only engage with the ontological and epistemological aspects of the question but also with the neurophysiological ones.

Author : Eleanor Knox,Alastair Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1223 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317227137

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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics by Eleanor Knox,Alastair Wilson Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the state of the art in the philosophy of physics. It comprisess 54 self-contained chapters written by leading philosophers of physics at both senior and junior levels, making it the most thorough and detailed volume of its type on the market – nearly every major perspective in the field is represented. The Companion’s 54 chapters are organized into 12 parts. The first seven parts cover all of the major physical theories investigated by philosophers of physics today, and the last five explore key themes that unite the study of these theories. I. Newtonian Mechanics II. Special Relativity III. General Relativity IV. Non-Relativistic Quantum Theory V. Quantum Field Theory VI. Quantum Gravity VII. Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics VIII. Explanation IX. Intertheoretic Relations X. Symmetries XI. Metaphysics XII. Cosmology The difficulty level of the chapters has been carefully pitched so as to offer both accessible summaries for those new to philosophy of physics and standard reference points for active researchers on the front lines. An introductory chapter by the editors maps out the field, and each part also begins with a short summary that places the individual chapters in context. The volume will be indispensable to any serious student or scholar of philosophy of physics.

Author : Richard Healey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198714057

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The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy by Richard Healey Pdf

Quantum theory launched a revolution in physics. But we have yet to understand the revolution's significance for philosophy. Richard Healey opens a path to such understanding. The first part of this book offers a self-contained but opinionated introduction to quantum theory. The second part assesses the theory's philosophical significance.

Author : Detlef Dürr,Stefan Teufel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540893448

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Bohmian Mechanics by Detlef Dürr,Stefan Teufel Pdf

Bohmian Mechanics was formulated in 1952 by David Bohm as a complete theory of quantum phenomena based on a particle picture. It was promoted some decades later by John S. Bell, who, intrigued by the manifestly nonlocal structure of the theory, was led to his famous Bell's inequalities. Experimental tests of the inequalities verified that nature is indeed nonlocal. Bohmian mechanics has since then prospered as the straightforward completion of quantum mechanics. This book provides a systematic introduction to Bohmian mechanics and to the mathematical abstractions of quantum mechanics, which range from the self-adjointness of the Schrödinger operator to scattering theory. It explains how the quantum formalism emerges when Boltzmann's ideas about statistical mechanics are applied to Bohmian mechanics. The book is self-contained, mathematically rigorous and an ideal starting point for a fundamental approach to quantum mechanics. It will appeal to students and newcomers to the field, as well as to established scientists seeking a clear exposition of the theory.