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9780199790807: The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics
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ISBN 10: 0199790809 ISBN 13: 9780199790807
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? What is the nature of the fundamental space (or space-time manifold) of quantum mechanics?

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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.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199790809
ISBN 13 
9780199790807
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Editor
Ney Alyssa, Albert David Z
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