Quantum theory and the flight from realism : philosophical responses to quantum mechanics / Christopher Norris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Christopher, 1947-

Series:

Critical realism--interventions.

Critical realism--interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory--Philosophy.

Quantum theory.

Realism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical introduction to the long-standing debate concerning the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, and the problems the field has posed for physicists and philosophers from Einstein to the present.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Is it possible to be a realist about quantum mechanics; 2 Quantum theory and the logic of anti realism; 3 Bell Bohm and the EPR debate a case for nonlocal realism; 4 Quantum worlds without end: the multiverse according to Deutsch; 5 Should philosophers take lessons from quantum theory; 6 Putnam's progress: quantum theory and the flight from realism; 7 Can logic be quantum-relativized? Putnam, Dummett and the great quantum muddle; 8 From Copenhagen to the stars some ways of quantum worldmaking; Index of names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-59524-7

0-203-24980-1

0-203-46431-1

1-280-10798-7

1-134-59525-5

9786610107988

9780203464311

OCLC:

560005057