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A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics - Cutting the Chain of Correlations
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A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics - Cutting the Chain of Correlations
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Steven French suggests a radical new approach to the understanding
of quantum physics, derived from Husserl's phenomenological
philosophy. In 1939 two physicists, Fritz London and Edmund Bauer,
published an account of measurement in quantum mechanics. Widely
cited, their 'little book' featured centrally in an important
debate over the role of consciousness in that process. However, it
has been fundamentally misunderstood, both in that debate and
beyond. Steven French argues that London, in particular, approached
the measurement process from the perspective of Husserlian
phenomenology, which he had studied as a student and which he
retained an interest in throughout his career. This casts his work
with Bauer in an entirely novel light and suggests a radical
alternative understanding of quantum mechanics in which
consciousness still plays a role but one that is fundamentally
different than previously conceived. Most interpretations of the
theory approach it on the basis of the so-called 'analytic'
tradition in philosophy. However, there has recently been a surge
of interest in 'continental' approaches and this book offers a
significant new contribution to such developments. Intertwining
history and philosophy, it presents London's background in physics
and phenomenology, together with an outline of the latter as
developed by Husserl, Gurwitsch, Merleau-Ponty and others, as well
as a detailed analysis of the work on measurement with Bauer. The
book concludes by comparing the London and Bauer understanding with
that afforded by Fuch's QBism, Everett's 'Many Worlds'
interpretation and Rovelli's Relational Quantum Mechanics. It is
hoped that this exploratory work will open up new avenues of
thought with regard to one of our most fundamental physical
theories.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Steven French
(Emeritus Professor)
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-889795-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-19-889795-2 |
Barcode: |
9780198897958 |
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