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Non-locality and possible worlds : a counterfactual perspective on quantum entanglement / Tomasz F. Bigaj.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 10, v. 10.Publisher: Frankfurt ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Piscataway, N.J. : Ontos ; North and South America by Transaction Books, Rutgers University, 2006Description: 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110323306
  • 3110323303
  • 3110322862
  • 9783110322866
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Hardback version :: No title; Hardback version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 530.1
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Contents:
Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1WHY DOES THE QUANTUM WORLDHAVE TO BE NON-LOCAL?; Chapter 2POSSIBLE-WORLD SEMANTICS FORCOUNTERFACTUALS; Chapter 3A COUNTERFACTUAL VERSION OFBELL'S THEOREM AND ITS CRITICISM; Chapter 4THE GHZ AND HARDY THEOREMSCOUNTERFACTUALLYSTRENGTHENED-WHAT WENTWRONG?; Chapter 5TWO INTERPRETATIONS OF SPATIOTEMPORALCOUNTERFACTUALS; Chapter 6LOCALITY EXPLAINED AND THE EPRBELLTHEOREMS RECONSIDERED; Chapter 7COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: This book uses the formal semantics of counterfactual conditionals to analyze the problem of non-locality in quantum mechanics. Counterfactual conditionals (subjunctive conditionals) enter the analysis of quantum entangled systems in that they enable us to precisely formulate the locality condition that purports to exclude the existence of causal interactions between spatially separated parts of a system. They also make it possible to speak consistently about alternative measuring settings, and to explicate what is meant by quantum property attributions. The book develops the possible-world se.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.

This book uses the formal semantics of counterfactual conditionals to analyze the problem of non-locality in quantum mechanics. Counterfactual conditionals (subjunctive conditionals) enter the analysis of quantum entangled systems in that they enable us to precisely formulate the locality condition that purports to exclude the existence of causal interactions between spatially separated parts of a system. They also make it possible to speak consistently about alternative measuring settings, and to explicate what is meant by quantum property attributions. The book develops the possible-world se.

Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1WHY DOES THE QUANTUM WORLDHAVE TO BE NON-LOCAL?; Chapter 2POSSIBLE-WORLD SEMANTICS FORCOUNTERFACTUALS; Chapter 3A COUNTERFACTUAL VERSION OFBELL'S THEOREM AND ITS CRITICISM; Chapter 4THE GHZ AND HARDY THEOREMSCOUNTERFACTUALLYSTRENGTHENED-WHAT WENTWRONG?; Chapter 5TWO INTERPRETATIONS OF SPATIOTEMPORALCOUNTERFACTUALS; Chapter 6LOCALITY EXPLAINED AND THE EPRBELLTHEOREMS RECONSIDERED; Chapter 7COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index.

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