Logic and Probability in Quantum Mechanics

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Content: Part I. Logic -- A notion of mechanistic theory / G. Kreisel -- Essai sur la logique de I'indéterminisme et la ramification de l'espace-temps / Roland Fraïssé -- How to think quantum-logically / Hilary Putnam -- The conditional in quantum logic / Gary M. Hardegree -- Empirical logic and quantum mechanics / D.J. Foulis and C.H. Randall -- Some results from the combinatorial approach to quantum logic / Richard J. Greechie -- Part II. Probability -- The quantum probability calculus / J.M. Jauch -- The probability structure of quantum-mechanical systems / Zoltan Domotor -- Towards a revised probabilistic basis for quantum mechanics / Terrence L. Fine -- Probability in a discrete model of particles and observations / Ted Bastin -- Superposition and macroscopic observation / Nancy Delaney Cartwright -- A note on the so-called Yes-No experiments and the foundations of quantum mechanics / Oistein Bjornestad -- Part III. Completeness -- On the completeness of quantum theory / Arthur Fine -- The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox / Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Stochastic incompleteness of quantum mechanics / Patrick Suppes and Mario Zanotti -- Errors in the no hidden variable proof of Kochen and Specker / Robert W. Latzer -- Operator-observable correspondence / David J. Ross -- Randomness and locality in quantum mechanics / Jeffrey Bub -- Fundamental statistical theories / William Demopoulos -- Why the world is a quantum world / Alfred Landé -- On the determinism of hidden variable theories with strict correlation and conditional statistical independence of observables / Patrick Suppes and Mario Zanotti.