Contemporary Quantum Philosophy

Following the first and second quantum revolutions, quantum information theory has expanded beyond the field of physics into numerous other interdisciplinary areas. This book provides a comprehensive philosophical exploration of quantum mechanics and quantum information.

The author examines key concepts such as quantum reality, quantum entanglement, quantum information, the quantum world, quantum computing, and quantum matter, while also extending quantum mechanical theory to encompass phenomenology, hermeneutics, and trans- empirical philosophy. Drawing on Kant’s transcendental idealism and neo- Kantianism, the author introduces the concept of “trans-empirical”― that which transcends experience without abandoning it and which, in fact, enables it. The book skillfully demonstrates how trans- empirical reality and cognition offer valuable analytical frameworks for contemporary quantum philosophy.

This work will appeal to scholars and graduate students in various disciplines, including the philosophy of science and technology, analytical philosophy, the philosophy of language, phenomenology, and hermeneutics.

Guolin Wu is the Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Science, Technology and Philosophy, South China University of Technology, P. R. China. He served as an independent consultant of Huawei Technologies Limited (August 2022– October 2023), and is the founding president of the Chinese Association for Philosophy of Physics. He works on the philosophy of quantum mechanics, philosophy of quantum information, analytic philosophy of technology, and quantum hermeneutics.