Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics
By: edited by Daniel Greenberger, Wolfgang L. Reiter, Anton Zeilinger
Contributors: Reiter, Wolfgang L.; Zeilinger, Anton
Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook [1999], Institut 'Wiener Kreis' Society for the Advancement of the Scientific World Conception -- 7; Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook [1999], Institut 'Wiener Kreis' Society for the Advancement of the Scientific World Conception -- 7
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9789048153541; 9789401714549
Subjects: Philosophy (General); Science; Quantum theory; Philosophy of nature; Genetic epistemology; Philosophy
Description: From the very beginning it was realised that quantum physics involves radically new interpretative and epistemological consequences. While hitherto there has been no satisfactory philosophical analysis of these consequences, recent years have witnessed the accomplishment of many experiments to test the foundations of quantum physics, opening up vistas to a completely novel technology: quantum technology. The contributions in the present volume review the interpretative situation, analyze recent fundamental experiments, and discuss the implications of possible future technological applications. Readership: Analytic philosophers (logical empiricists), scientists (especially physicists), historians of logic, mathematics and physics, philosophers of science, and advanced students and researchers in these fields. Can be used for seminars on theoretical and experimental physics and philosophy of science, and as supplementary reading at advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.
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