The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199790809 ISBN 13: 9780199790807

Publisher: OUP USA, 2013

Synopsis

This is a new volume of original essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics. The essays address questions such as: What fundamental metaphysics is best motivated by quantum mechanics? What is the ontological status of the wave function? Does quantum mechanics support the existence of any other fundamental entities, e.g. particles? What is the nature of the fundamental space (or space-time manifold) of quantum mechanics? What is the relationship between the fundamental ontology of quantum mechanics and ordinary, macroscopic objects like tables, chairs, and persons? The volume includes a comprehensive introduction with a history of quantum mechanics and the debate over its metaphysical interpretation focusing especially on the main realist alternatives.

About this title

About the Author

Alyssa Ney works primarily in metaphysics. She received her B.S. in Physics and Philosophy from Tulane University, and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brown University. She has taught at the University of Rochester since 2005.

David Albert is the author of Quantum Mechanics and Experience and Time and Chance and has published many articles on quantum mechanics, mostly in the Physical Review. He is Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199790809
• ISBN 13: 9780199790807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Albert David, Ney Alyssa