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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019979054X ISBN 13: 9780199790548

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 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? This collection includes a comprehensive introduction with a history of quantum mechanics and the debate over its metaphysical interpretation focusing especially on the main realist alternatives.

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About the Author

Alyssa Ney is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rochester. She works primarily in metaphysics.

David Z 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: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019979054X
• ISBN 13: 9780199790548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Ney Alyssa