The meaning of the wave function: in search of the ontology of quantum mechanics

New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press (2017)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Quantum mechanics and experience -- The wave function: ontic vs epistemic -- The nomological view -- Reality of the wave function -- Origin of the Schrödinger equation -- The ontology of quantum mechanics (I) -- The ontology of quantum mechanics (II) -- Implications for solving the measurement problem -- Quantum ontology and relativity.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 93,642

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

The Meaning of the Wave Function: In Search of the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics.Dustin Lazarovici - 2017 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 31 (3):321-324.
The Meaning of the Wave Function–In Search of the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics, Shan Gao, Cambridge University Press (2017). [REVIEW]Ronnie Hermens - 2019 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 65:145-147.
Ontological Reduction and the Wave Function Ontology.Alyssa Ney - 2013 - In Alyssa Ney & David Albert (eds.), The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics. , US: Oxford University Press. pp. 168-183.
Realism about the wave function.Eddy Keming Chen - 2019 - Philosophy Compass 14 (7):e12611.
Collapse of the Wave Function: Models, Ontology, Origin, and Implications.Shan Gao (ed.) - 2018 - New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-12-10

Downloads
11 (#1,167,245)

6 months
14 (#200,872)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Shan Gao
Shanxi University

Citations of this work

Hard presentism.Patrick Dawson - 2020 - Synthese 198 (9):8433-8461.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references