Philosophy and Logic of Quantum Physics

Jan Philipp Dapprich

ISBN 10: 3631667256 / ISBN 13: 9783631667255

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2015, 2015

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Neuware -The book investigates the ontology and logic of quantum physics. The first part discusses the relationship of theory and observation and different views on the ontological status of scientific theories. It introduces the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and some of its interpretations and their compatibility with various ontological positions. In the second part, implications of quantum mechanics on classical logic, especially on the distributive law and bivalence, as discussed by Garrett Birkhoff & John von Neumann (1936) and Hilary Putnam (1968), and their counterarguments are reconstructed and discussed. It is concluded that classical logic is sufficient for dealing with quantum mechanical propositions. 136 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Philosophy and Logic of Quantum Physics
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2015
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631667256
• ISBN 13: 9783631667255
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 216 L x 153 A x 13 P (millimetri) 216 millimetri di larghezza per 153 millimetri di altezza per 13 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 298 grammi

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The book investigates the ontology and logic of quantum physics. The first part discusses the relationship of theory and observation and different views on the ontological status of scientific theories. It introduces the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and some of its interpretations and their compatibility with various ontological positions. In the second part, implications of quantum mechanics on classical logic, especially on the distributive law and bivalence, as discussed by Garrett Birkhoff & John von Neumann (1936) and Hilary Putnam (1968), and their counterarguments are reconstructed and discussed. It is concluded that classical logic is sufficient for dealing with quantum mechanical propositions.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jan Philipp Dapprich studied physics and philosophy at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.
Annika Schuster studied philosophy at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.