This book tells the fascinating story of the people and events behind the turbulent changes
in attitudes to quantum theory in the second half of the 20th century. The huge success of …

In this paper, I attempt a personal account of my understanding of the measurement problem
in quantum mechanics, which has been largely in the tradition of the Copenhagen …

Interference phenomena are a well-known and crucial aspect of quantum mechanics,
famously exemplified by the two-slit experiment. There are many situations, however, in …

Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose" many worlds" theory of
multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's …

Niels Bohr׳ s doctrine of the primacy of “classical concepts” is arguably his most criticized
and misunderstood view. We present a new, careful historical analysis that makes clear that …

Цель данной книги, с одной стороны, модернизировать философский реализм путём
замены его реализмом контекстуальным (неметафизическим витгенштейновским …

David Bohm has often been considered unable to understand the meaning of the quantum
revolution as well as its radical metaphysical implications. Similarly, his pilot-wave theory …

This paper examines the interweaving of the history of quantum decoherence and the
interpretation problem in quantum mechanics through the work of two physicists—H. Dieter …

Abstract Everett (1957a, b, 1973) relative-state formulation of quantum mechanics has often
been taken to involve a metaphysical commitment to the existence of many splitting worlds …

Everett׳ s interpretation of quantum mechanics was proposed to avoid problems inherent in
the prevailing interpretational frame. It assumes that quantum mechanics can be applied to …