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Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance: Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony Volume Two

By Yakir Aharonov , Robert S. Cohen , Lev Vaidman (auth.) , Michael Horne , John Stachel (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1997
ISBN
978-90-481-4809-7, 978-94-017-2732-7
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-2732-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12593461 bytes)
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 194
Edition
1
Pages
276\275
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality. Abner has described these events without actions to link them as `passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of our times.

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