This book examines in detail two of the fundamental questions
raised by quantum mechanics. Is the world indeterministic? Are
there connections between spatially separated objects? In the first
part of the book after outlining the formalism of quantum mechanics
and introducing the measurement problem, the author examines
several interpretations, focusing on how each proposes to solve the
measurement problem and on how each treats probability. In the
second part, the author argues that there can be non-trivial
relationships between probability (specifically, determinism and
indeterminism) and non-locality in an interpretation of quantum
mechanics. The author then re-examines some of the interpretations
of part one of the book in the light of this argument, and
considers how they are with regard to locality and Lorentz
invariance. One of the important lessons that comes out of this
discussion is that any examination of locality, and of the
relationship between quantum mechanics and the theory of
relativity, should be undertaken in the context of a detailed
interpretation of quantum mechanics. The book will appeal to anyone
with an interest in the interpretation of quantum mechanics,
including researchers in the philosophy of physics and theoretical
physics, as well as graduate students in those fields.
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