Tomasz Placek

Non-locality and Modality - NATO Science Series II Tomasz Placek 2002 Edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. Part One: Re-Examining the Legacy of Bohr and von Neumann. Reconsidering Bohr's Reply to EPR; H. Halvorson, R. Clifton. Bohr on Bell: A Proposed Reading of Bohr and Its Implications for Bell's Theorem; M. Dickson. Bell, Bohm, and von Neumann: Some Philosophical Inequalities Concerning No-go Theorems and the Axiomatic Method; M. Stoltzner. Part Two: Interpreting Quantum Theory. Why Quantum Theory? L. Hardy. Quantum Mechanics of the Electric Charge and Its Connection with the Problem of Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; A. Staruszkiewicz. Signal-Locality and Subquantum Information in Deterministic Hidden-Variables Theories; A. Valentini. Remarks on Space-time and Locality in Everett's Interpretation; G. Bacciagaluppi. art Three: Entanglement and Non-Locality. s Quantum Mechanics Non-Local? W. G. Unruh. Measuring Quantum Entanglement; L. Henderson. On Fine's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: GHZ Experiment; L. E. Szabo. Locality and Reality Revisited; A. Kent. Part Four: Unsharp Observables. EPR-Bell Tests with Unsharp Observables and Relativistic Quantum Measurement; P. Busch. A Kochen-Specker Theorem for Unsharp Spin 1 Observables; T. Breuer. The Bell Phenomenon in a Probabilistic Approach; E. G. Beltrametti, S. Bugajski. Part Five: Causation. Non-locality and Theories of Causation; F. Laudisa. On Causal Loops in the Quantum Realm; J. Berkovitz. Reichenbach's Common Cause Principle and Quantum Correlations; M. Redei. Part Six: Branching Models of EPR Phenomena. Branching Space-Time, Modal Logic and the Counterfactual Conditional; T. Muller. EPR-like 'Funny Business' inthe Theory of Branching Space-times; N. Belnap. Partial Indeterminism Is Enough: a Branching Analysis of Bell-type Inequalities; T. Placek. Subject Index. Index of Names."Brief Description: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Modality, Probability, and Bell's Theorems, Cracow, Poland, August 19-23, 2001

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