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Title Quantum measurement : beyond paradox / edited by Richard A. Healey and Geoffrey Hellman.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1998]
©1998

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 Moore Stacks  Q175 .M64 v.17  1998    Available  ---
Description ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 17
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 17.
Note Based on a workshop held by the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Minnesota in May 1995.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Macroscopic realism: what is it, and what do we know about it from experiment? / Anthony J. Leggett -- Comments on Leggett's "Macroscopic Realism" / Abner Shimony -- Bare theory has no clothes / Jeffrey Bub, Rob Clifton, and Bradley Monton -- "Modal" interpretations, decoherence, and the quantum measurement problem / Richard A. Healey -- Interpreting the existential interpretation / Andrew Elby -- State preparation in the modal interpretation / Guido Bacciagaluppi and Meir Hemmo -- Expanding the property ascriptions in the modal interpretation of quantum theory / Pieter E. Vermaas -- Preferred factorizations and consistent property attribution / Dennis Dieks.
On the plurality of dynamics: transition probabilities and modal interpretations / Michael Dickson -- Varieties of quantum measurement / William G. Unruh.
Subject Quantum theory -- Congresses.
Quantum theory.
Physical measurements -- Congresses.
Physical measurements.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Healey, Richard.
Hellman, Geoffrey.
Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.
ISBN 0816630618 alkaline paper
0816630658