ENGLISH

Non-locality and Modality

By Hans Halvorson , Rob Clifton (auth.) , Tomasz Placek , Jeremy Butterfield (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2002
ISBN
978-1-4020-0662-3, 978-94-010-0385-8
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-0385-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11282149 bytes)
Series
NATO Science Series 64
Edition
1
Pages
352\344
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
CircuitsQuantum Physics;Logic;Philosophy of Science;Metaph

Description

Quantum theory is the most successful of all physical theories: it has a towering mathematical structure, a vast range of accurate predictions, and technological applications. Its interpretation, however, is as unsettled now as in the heroic days of Einstein and Bohr. This book focuses on quantum non-locality, the curious quantum correlations between spatially separated systems. Quantum non-locality was one subject of the debates between Einstein, Bohr and others such as Schrödinger. The topic was revived in the 1960s as a result of Bell's epoch-making theorems; since then it has been a very active research field, both theoretically and experimentally. This book contains twenty new papers by eminent researchers, who report recent developments in both the physics of the subject and its philosophy. The physics topics covered include quantum information, the unsharp (positive-operator) approach to observables, the state-space approach, and the pilot-wave theory. The philosophy papers include precise studies of Bohr's reply to the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen non-locality paradox, and of non-locality's relation to causation, probability and modality.

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