The Quantum Mechanics Of Minds And Worlds

Jeffrey-A Barrett

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Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that bas puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory... Lire la suite
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Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that bas puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory of quantum mechanics is in one sense the most successful physical theory ever, predicting the behaviour of the basic constituents of all physical things; no other theory has ever made such accurate empirical predictions. However, if one tries to understand the theory as providing a complete and accurate framework for the description of the behaviour of all physical interactions, it becomes evident that the theory is ambiguous, or even logically inconsistent. The most notable attempt to formulate the theory so as to deal with this problem, the quantum measurement problem, was initiated by Hugh Everett III in the 1950s. Barrett gives a careful and challenging examination and evaluation of the work of Everett and those who have followed him. His informal approach, minimizing technicality, will make the book accessible and illuminating for philosophers and physicists alike. Anyone interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics should read it.

Sommaire

    • The standard formulation of quantum mechanics
    • The theory of the universal wave function
    • The bare and determinate experience
    • Selecting a branch
    • Many worlds
    • Many minds
    • Many histories
    • The determinate-experience problem

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/01/2001
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    0-19-924743-9
  • EAN
    9780199247431
  • Présentation
    Broché
  • Nb. de pages
    267 pages
  • Poids
    0.365 Kg
  • Dimensions
    14,0 cm × 21,5 cm × 1,7 cm

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Biographie de Jeffrey-A Barrett

Jeffrey Barrett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine.

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