Philosophy and Logic of Quantum Physics: An Investigation of the Metaphysical and Logical Implications of Quantum Physics

ISBN-13: 9783631667255 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 134 str.

Jan Philipp Dapprich;Annika Schuster

Opis

The book investigates the ontology and logic of quantum physics. The first part discusses the relationship of theory and observation and different views on the ontological status of scientific theories. It introduces the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and some of its interpretations and their compatibility with various ontological positions. In the second part, implications of quantum mechanics on classical logic, especially on the distributive law and bivalence, as discussed by Garrett Birkhoff & John von Neumann (1936) and Hilary Putnam (1968), and their counterarguments are reconstructed and discussed. It is concluded that classical logic is sufficient for dealing with quantum mechanical propositions.

Spis treści

Contents: Interpretations of quantum mechanics - Theory and observation - Ontology - Collapse interpretation - Modal interpretation - Observables - Value definiteness - Distributive law - Quantum logic - Classical logic.

O autorze

Jan Philipp Dapprich studied physics and philosophy at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.
Annika Schuster studied philosophy at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.