The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics

Ney, Alyssa [Editor]; Albert, David Z. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 019979054X / ISBN 13: 9780199790548

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2013

Excellent paperback textbook. Clean, solid with unmarked text. Cover has mild surface, edge and corner wear; small crease at upper corner front cover and bottom corner back cover. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally. Codice articolo JA42409260011

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull?autore: Alyssa Ney works primarily in metaphysics. She received her B.S. in Physics and Philosophy from Tulane University, and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brown University. She has taught at the University of Rochester since 2005.

David Albert is the author of Quantum Mechanics and Experience and Time and Chance and has published many articles on quantum mechanics, mostly in the Physical Review. He is Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University.

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Titolo: The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics...
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Near Fine
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