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Overview* WINNER OF THE 1988 LAKATOS AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE * This book concentrates on research done during the last twenty years on the philosophy of quantum mechanics. In particular, the author focuses on three major issues: whether quantum mechanics is an incomplete theory, whether it is non-local, and whether it can be interpreted realistically. Much of the book is concerned with distinguishing various senses in which these questions can be taken, and assessing the bewildering variety of answers philosophers and physicists have given up to now. The book is self-contained in that it presents the necessary parts of the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics and also covers other interpretative topics, such as the problem of measurement and the uncertainty relations. A considerable portion of the book is based on original arguments presented by the author in lectures and research papers over the past ten years. However, this material is integrated with a broad coverage of most of the recent research in the field, so as to provide a balanced introduction to the whole subject. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Redhead (Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Clarendon Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.296kg ISBN: 9780198242383ISBN 10: 0198242387 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 03 August 1989 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; The formalism of quantum mechanics; The interpretation of quantum mechanics; The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen incompleteness argument; Nonlocality and the Bell inequality; The Kochen-Specker paradox; Nonlocality and the Kochen-Specker paradox; Realism and quantum logic; Envoi; Notes & references; Mathematical appendix; Bibliography; IndexReviewsAn important book, by a philosopher of physics who has played a significant role in disentangling some of the conceptual issues involved in the contemporary debate on incompleteness. --International Studies in Philosophy<br> Michael Redhead has given us a fine, hard book that stands head and shoulders above the usual crop. --Canadian Philosophical Review<br> A paradigm of the new philosophy of physics...long-awaited, authoritative, and splendid book. --Philosophical Books<br> Redhead's book is a useful update of Max Jammer's The Philosophy of Quantum Physics. --New Scientist<br> Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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