A New Approach to Quantum Logic

Kurt Engesser, Dov M. Gabbay, Daniel Lehmann

ISBN 10: 1904987532 / ISBN 13: 9781904987536

Editore: College Publications, GB, 2007

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• Titolo: A New Approach to Quantum Logic
• Editore: College Publications, GB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1904987532
• ISBN 13: 9781904987536
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Dimensioni: 15,6 L x 1,07 A x 23,39 P centimetri 15,6 centimetri di larghezza per 1,07 centimetri di altezza per 23,39 centimetri di profondità
• Peso: 288 grammi

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This monograph is an investigation into certain new logical structures implicit in the formalism of quantum mechanics. Its message rests on two pillars. The first pillar is the dynamic view of propositions. Propositions are viewed as acting on states of the world and changing them rather than just being true or false in them. The second pillar is a logical enquiry into the nature of the states of a dynamic framework in general and thus the nature of physical states in particular. It turns out that a physical state viewed as a logical entity must encode other states and also itself. The main logical structures under investigation are that of an M-algebra and that of a holistic logic. In a sense to be made precise the latter structures reflect the 'holistic' nature of quantum mechanics.