Author | Mehra, Jagdish. author |
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Title | The Quantum Principle: Its Interpretation and Epistemology [electronic resource] / by Jagdish Mehra |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1974 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2234-7 |
Descript | 139 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Copenhagen Interpretation -- 3. Formal Problems of the Quantum Mechanical Scheme -- 3.1. Formal Problems in Nonrelativistic Quantum Theory -- 3.2. Formal Problems in Relativistic Quantum Theory -- 4. Theory of Measurement and the Equation of Motion -- 4.1. The Formal Scheme of Quantum Mechanics -- 4.2. Quantum Theory as the Theory of Observations -- 4.3. Quantum Theory without Quantum Jumps -- 4.4. Indeterminate State Vector of the Apparatus -- 5. Transition to the Macroscopic World -- 5.1. Complementarity -- 5.2. Statistical Description -- 5.3. Probability in Quantum Physics -- 5.4. Macrophysical Description -- 5.5. Measurement as the Increase of Information -- 5.6. Extension of Von Neumannโs View -- 5.7. Microphysics, Macrophysics and Dissipation -- 6. Hidden Variables -- 6.1. Substratum as a Solution of Divergences in Quantum Field Theory -- 6.2. Von Neumannโs Proof of the Nonexistence of Hidden Variables -- 6.3. Bellโs Local Hidden Variables -- 6.4. The Hidden-Variable Model of Bohm and Bub -- 7. The Notion of โRealityโ and the Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics -- 7.1. Description of Reality -- 7.2. The Complementary Description -- 7.3. The โPositivisticโ Point of View or Two Kinds of Reality -- 7.4. The Collectivistic-Materialistic View -- 7.5. Can a System Be Isolated? -- 8. Quantum Mechanics and the Explanation of Life -- 8.1. The Mind-Body Problem -- 8.2. Complementary Hierarchies -- 8.3. The Totality View of Life -- 8.4. Structure, Dissipation and Life -- 8.5. Are We Machines? -- References and Notes