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Perspectives on quantum reality : non-relativistic, relativistic, and field-theoretic

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Perspectives on quantum reality : non-relativistic, relativistic, and field-theoretic / edited by Rob Clifton.
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1996.

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Clifton, Rob.
Description
xi, 243 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 57
Uniform Title
University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 57.
Subject
  • Relativistic quantum theory
  • Quantum field theory
  • Quantum theory
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • In defense of dogma : why there cannot be a relativistic quantum mechanics of (localizable) particles / David B. Malament -- Just how radical is hyperplane dependence? / Gordon Fleming -- Is there superluminal causation in relativistic quantum field theory? / Miklós Rédei -- EPR, relativity, and the GHZ experiment / Constantine Pagonis, Michael Redhead, and Patrick La Riviéra -- Hidden quantum non-locality / N. David Mermin -- Royer's measurements-the rise and fall of (yet another) signalling scheme / Itamar Pitowsky.
  • Tails of Schrödinger's cat / David Z. Albert and Barry Loewer -- Wavefunction collapse models with nonwhite noise / Philip Pearle -- Emergence of classical properties from quantum mechanics / Leslie E. Ballentine -- Relativism / Simon Saunders -- Wave and particle concepts in quantum field theory / Paul Teller -- Conceptual relation between standard quantum mechanics and quantum field theory / Don Robinson -- What measurement problem? / James T. Cushing.
  • Bovine metaphysics : remarks on the significance of the gravitational phase effect in quantum mechanics / Harvey R. Brown -- Exotic (quixotic?) applications of Bohm theory / Robert Weingard -- Complementary and the orthodox (Dirac-von Neumann) interpretation of quantum mechanics / Jeffrey Bub -- Logical reflections on the Kochen-Specker theorem / John L. Bell -- Construction of quantum mechanics via commutative operations / Simon Kochen.
ISBN
  • 079233812X (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780792338123 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
LCCN
95040138
OCLC
  • ocm33281101
  • SCSB-1766085
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Princeton University Library