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Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance

Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony, Volume Two
Buch | Softcover
276 Seiten
2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-4809-7 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality. Abner has described these events without actions to link them as `passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of our times.

Protective Measurements of Two-State Vectors.- What is the Referent of a Nonpure Quantum State?.- Classical and Quantum Physical Geometry.- Borromean Entanglement of the GHZ State.- Is the Quantum State (an) Observable?.- Aiming at Describing Empirical Reality.- An Interpretation which is Appropriate for Dynamical Reduction Theories.- Einstein—Podolsky—Rosen Reasoning in Nonlocality Theorems.- Space-time and Separability: Problems of Identity and Individuation in Fundamental Physics.- “Les recettes qui réussissent toujours”.- How to Ascertain the Values of Every Member of a Set of Observables that Cannot All Have Values.- Is Quantum Mechanics a Probabilistic Theory?.- The Decision Problem for Entanglement.- Bell Inequalities with Postselection.- Action and Passion at a Distance: an essay in honour of Professor Abney Shimony.- The Relativistic EPR Argument.- The History Approach Viewed by an External Observer.- Maximal Extension of an Impossibility Theorem concerning Quantum Measurement.- Feynman Paths and Quantum Entanglement: Is There any More to the Mystery?.- Bibliography of Abner Shimony.- Index of Names.- Table of Contents to Volume One.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.12.2010
Reihe/Serie Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 194
Zusatzinfo XI, 276 p.
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 240 mm
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Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
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Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10 90-481-4809-X / 904814809X
ISBN-13 978-90-481-4809-7 / 9789048148097
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