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Quantum, Probability, Logic (eBook, PDF)

The Work and Influence of Itamar Pitowsky

Redaktion: Hemmo, Meir; Shenker, Orly

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This volume provides a broad perspective on the state of the art in the philosophy and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. Its essays take their starting point in the work and influence of Itamar Pitowsky, who has greatly influenced our understanding of what is characteristically non-classical about quantum probabilities and quantum logic, and this serves as a vantage point from which they reflect on key ongoing debates in the field. Readers will find a definitive and multi-faceted description of the major open questions in the foundations of quantum mechanics today, including: Is quantum mechanics a new theory of (contextual) probability? Should the quantum state be interpreted objectively or subjectively? How should probability be understood in the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics? What are the limits of the physical implementation of computation? The impact of this volume goes beyond the exposition of Pitowsky's influence: it provides a unique collection of essays by leading thinkers containing profound reflections on the field.

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Orly Shenker is an associate professor at the program for history and philosophy of science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holds the Eleanor Roosevelt Chair in History and Philosophy of Science, and is the director of the Sidney M. Edelstein Centre for History and Philosophy of Science Technology and Medicine. She holds a PhD in philosophy of physics is from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, a BSc in physics from the same university, and an LLb from the faculty of law at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She has co-authored (with Meir Hemmo) the book The Road to Maxwell's Demon: Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2012), and published papers on the foundations of classical and quantum statistical mechanics, the concept of probability, the foundations of quantum mechanics, and on physicalism in the special sciences and in the philosophy of mind. Meir Hemmo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa. He has received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1996.  He is co-author (with Orly Shenker) of the book The Road to Maxwell's Demon: Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2012), and has published papers on the conceptual foundations of classical and quantum statistical mechanics, the foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics and relativity theory, and on physicalism in the special sciences and in philosophy of mind. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 627
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030343163
• Artikelnr.: 59571717