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Contemporary Research in the Foundations and Philosophy of Quantum Theory

Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1973

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Editors:
  1. C. A. Hooker

    1. University of Western Ontario, Canada

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Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. On the Completeness of Quantum Mechanics

    • Jeffrey Bub
    Pages 1-65

  3. Joint Probability Distributions in Quantum Mechanics

    • Leon Cohen
    Pages 66-79

  4. Semantic Analysis of Quantum Logic

    • Bas C. Van Fraassen
    Pages 80-113

  5. Is the Principle of Superposition Really Necessary?

    • E. Gerjuoy
    Pages 114-142

  6. Quantum Logics

    • R. J. Greechie, Stanley P. Gudder
    Pages 143-173

  7. Metaphysics and Modern Physics

    • C. A. Hooker
    Pages 174-304

  8. The General Relativistic Quantization Program

    • Arthur Komar
    Pages 305-327

  9. Quantum Physics and General Relativity; The Search for a Deeper Theory

    • F. David Peat
    Pages 328-345

  10. On the Nature of Light and the Problem of Matter

    • Mendel Sachs
    Pages 346-368

  11. Epistemological Perspective on Quantum Theory

    • Eugene P. Wigner
    Pages 369-385
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About this book

To mathematicians, mathematics is a happy game, to scientists a mere tool and to philosophers a Platonic mystery - or so the caricature runs. The caricature reflects the alleged 'cultural gap' between the disciplines­ a gap for which there too often has been, sadly, sound historical evidence. In many minds the lack of communication between philosophy and the exact disciplines is especially prominent. Yet in the past there was no separation - exact knowledge, covering both scientists and mathemati­ cians, was known as natural philosophy and the business of providing a critical view of the nature of reality and an accurate mathematical de­ scription of it constituted a single task from the glorious tradition begun by the early Greek philosophers even up until Newton's day (but I am thinking of Descartes and Leibniz I). The lack of communication between these professional groups has been particularly unfortunate, for the past half century has seen the most ex­ citing developments in mathematical physics since Newton. These devel­ opments hinged on the introduction of vast new reaches of mathematics into physics (non-Euclidean geometries, covariant formulations, non­ commutative algebras, functional analysis and so on) and conversely have challenged mathematicians to develop the appropriate mathematical fields. Equally, these developments have posed profound philosophical problems to do with the rejection of traditional conceptions concerning the nature of physical reality and physical theorising.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Western Ontario, Canada

    C. A. Hooker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Research in the Foundations and Philosophy of Quantum Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

  • Editors: C. A. Hooker

  • Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2534-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1973

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0271-5Due: 30 June 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0338-5Published: 30 June 1973

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2534-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 405

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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