The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
An Interactive Interpretation

This is one of the most important books on quantum mechanics to have appeared in recent years.

Richard A. Healey (Author)

9780521408745, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 January 1991

288 pages
21.6 x 14.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.396 kg

'Very well-informed and astute.' University Press Book News

This is one of the most important books on quantum mechanics to have appeared in recent years. It offers a dramatically new interpretation that resolves puzzles and paradoxes associated with the measurement problem and the behavior of coupled systems. A crucial feature of this interpretation is that a quantum mechanical measurement can be certain to have a particular outcome even when the observed system fails to have the property corresponding to that outcome just prior to the measurement interaction.

Preface
Introduction
1. Overview
2. Dynamical states
3. Measurement and quantum states
4. Coupled systems
5. Metaphysical aspects
6. Alternatives compared
7. Open questions
Appendix
Selected bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy of science [PDA], Social & political philosophy [HPS]