Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science.
Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is the third volume of the Postscript. It may be read independently, but it also forms part of Popper’s interconnected argument in the Postscript. It presents Popper’s classic statement on quantum physics and offers important insights into his thinking on problems of method within science and physics as a whole.
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Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Sehr gut. xviii, 229 p. Das Exemplar ist in einem sehr guten und sauberen Zustand ohne Anstreichungen. / The copy is in a very good and clean condition without markings. -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note, 1982 -- INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS -- Preface 1982: ON A REALISTIC AND COMMONSENSE -- INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM THEORY -- Introduction: QUANTUM MECHANICS WITHOUT 'THE OBSERVER' -- 1. Quantum Theory and the Role of 'the Observer'. -- 2. Theories versus Concepts. -- 3. Thirteen Theses. -- 4. The Collapse of the Wave Packet without Observation. -- 5. Everett's 'Many-Worlds' Interpretation. -- 6. Configuration Space. -- QUANTUM THEORY AND THE SCHISM IN PHYICS -- Chapter I. -- UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM THEORY AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS -- 1. (*93) A Schism in Physics. -- 2. (*94) The Significance of Interpretations. -- 3. (*95) Subjective Probabilities, Statistical Probabilities, and Determinism. -- 4. (*96) The Objectivity of Statistical Mechanics. -- 5. (*97) The Subjectivist Interpretation of Statistical Mechanics. -- 6. (*98) Oscillations Between the Two Interpretations. -- Chapter II. THE OBJECTIVITY OF QUANTUM THEORY -- 7. (*99) The Objectivity of Quantum Theory: The Boxes. -- 8. (*100) The Source of the Confusion: The 'Reduction of the Wave Packet'. -- 9. (*101) The Incompleteness of the Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Theory. -- 10. (*102) A Random Walk and the 'Transition from the Potential to the Actual'. -- 11. (*103) Particles, Waves, and the Propensity Interpretation. -- 12. (*104) Partial Anticipation of the Propensity Interpretation. -- 13. (*105) Are there Quantum Jumps? -- 14. (*106) Are there Particles? -- 15. (*107) Position Space. -- Chapter III. TOWARDS A RESOLUTION OF THE PARADOXES OF QUANTUM THEORY -- 16. (*108) Indeterminacy or Scatter? -- 17. (*109) The Experiment of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. -- 18. (*110) The Two-Slit Experiment. -- 19. (*111) An Apology for Having Been Controversial. -- Chapter IV. A METAPHYSICAL EPILOGUE -- 20. (*112) Metaphysical Ideas and Research Programmes, and the History of Physics. -- 21. (*113) Schisms, Programmes, and Metaphysical Dreams. -- 22. (*114) Classical Determinism Modified by a Correspondence Argument. -- 23. (*115) Indeterminism and the So-called 'Reduction of the Wave Packet'. -- 24. (*116) Replacing the Classical Films by Propensity Films. -- 25. (*117) A Rough Model of Quantum Theoretical Indeterminism. -- 26. (*118) Matter and Field. -- 27. (*119) Open Problems. -- 28. (*120) Conclusion. -- Index. ISBN 9780847670185 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 228. Seller Inventory # 1261825
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