Relational quantum mechanics: Rovelli's world

Discusiones Filosóficas 11 (17):13-51 (2010)
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El inspirador Relational Quantum Mechanicsde Carlo Rovelli cumple varios propósitosde manera simultánea: proporciona unanueva visión de cómo es el mundo de lamecánica cuántica y ofrece un programapara derivar el formalismo de la teoría deun conjunto de postulados simples quepertenecen al procesamiento de la información.Enesteartículopropongoquenosconcentremostotalmente en lo primero,para explorar el mundo de la mecánicacuántica tal como lo representa Rovelli.Es un mundo fascinante, en parte debidoa la dependencia de Rovelli sobre el enfoquedelateoríadelainformaciónparalosfundamentosdelamecánicacuántica,yen parte debido a que su presentaciónimplica asumir una postura en un partefundamental en la filosofía misma.Ca r l o Ro v e l l i ’ s i n s p i r i n g Re l a t i o n a lQuantum Mechanics serves several aims atonce: it provides a new vision of what theworld of quantum mechanics is like, andit offers a program to derive the theory’sformalism from a set of simple postulatespertai ni ng to i nformati on processi ng.I propose here to concentrate entirelyon the former, to explore the world ofquantum mechanics as Rovelli depicts it.It is a fascinating world in part becauseof Rovelli’s reliance on the informationtheory approach to the foundations ofquantum mechanics, and in part becauseits presentation involves taking sides on afundamental divides within philosophyitself

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