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The basic theme of Popper's philosophy--that something can come from nothing--is related to the present situation in physical theory. Popper carries his investigation right to the center of current debate in quantum physics. He proposes an interpretation of physics--and indeed an entire cosmology--which is realist, conjectural, deductivist and objectivist, anti-positivist, and anti-instrumentalist. He stresses understanding, reminding us that our ignorance grows faster than our conjectural knowledge.
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‘What distinguishes Popper from a great dull army of philosophers of science is that reading him is good for us’ Donald MacKay in Nature
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Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Sehr gut. xviii, 229 p. Das Exemplar ist in einem sehr guten und sauberen Zustand ohne Anstreichungen. / The copy is in a very good and clean condition without markings. -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note, 1982 -- INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS -- Preface 1982: ON A REALISTIC AND COMMONSENSE -- INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM THEORY -- Introduction: QUANTUM MECHANICS WITHOUT 'THE OBSERVER' -- 1. Quantum Theory and the Role of 'the Observer'. -- 2. Theories versus Concepts. -- 3. Thirteen Theses. -- 4. The Collapse of the Wave Packet without Observation. -- 5. Everett's 'Many-Worlds' Interpretation. -- 6. Configuration Space. -- QUANTUM THEORY AND THE SCHISM IN PHYICS -- Chapter I. -- UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM THEORY AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS -- 1. (*93) A Schism in Physics. -- 2. (*94) The Significance of Interpretations. -- 3. (*95) Subjective Probabilities, Statistical Probabilities, and Determinism. -- 4. (*96) The Objectivity of Statistical Mechanics. -- 5. (*97) The Subjectivist Interpretation of Statistical Mechanics. -- 6. (*98) Oscillations Between the Two Interpretations. -- Chapter II. THE OBJECTIVITY OF QUANTUM THEORY -- 7. (*99) The Objectivity of Quantum Theory: The Boxes. -- 8. (*100) The Source of the Confusion: The 'Reduction of the Wave Packet'. -- 9. (*101) The Incompleteness of the Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Theory. -- 10. (*102) A Random Walk and the 'Transition from the Potential to the Actual'. -- 11. (*103) Particles, Waves, and the Propensity Interpretation. -- 12. (*104) Partial Anticipation of the Propensity Interpretation. -- 13. (*105) Are there Quantum Jumps? -- 14. (*106) Are there Particles? -- 15. (*107) Position Space. -- Chapter III. TOWARDS A RESOLUTION OF THE PARADOXES OF QUANTUM THEORY -- 16. (*108) Indeterminacy or Scatter? -- 17. (*109) The Experiment of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. -- 18. (*110) The Two-Slit Experiment. -- 19. (*111) An Apology for Having Been Controversial. -- Chapter IV. A METAPHYSICAL EPILOGUE -- 20. (*112) Metaphysical Ideas and Research Programmes, and the History of Physics. -- 21. (*113) Schisms, Programmes, and Metaphysical Dreams. -- 22. (*114) Classical Determinism Modified by a Correspondence Argument. -- 23. (*115) Indeterminism and the So-called 'Reduction of the Wave Packet'. -- 24. (*116) Replacing the Classical Films by Propensity Films. -- 25. (*117) A Rough Model of Quantum Theoretical Indeterminism. -- 26. (*118) Matter and Field. -- 27. (*119) Open Problems. -- 28. (*120) Conclusion. -- Index. ISBN 9780847670185 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 228. Seller Inventory # 1261825
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