Title | The Modal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics [electronic resource] / edited by Dennis Dieks, Pieter E. Vermaas |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5084-2 |
Descript | VII, 381 p. online resource |
Lorentz-Invariance in Modal Interpretations -- Locality and Lorentz-Covariance in the Modal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- Valuations on Functionally Closed Sets of Quantum Mechanical Observables and Von Neumannโs โNo-Hidden-Variablesโ Theorem -- The Pros and Cons of the Kochen-Dieks and the Atomic Modal Interpretation -- Projection Operators, Properties, and Idempotent Variables in the Modal Interpretations -- Bohm-Bell Dynamics in the Modal Interpretation -- Discontinuity and Continuity of Definite Properties in the Modal Interpretation -- How Close is โClose Enoughโ -- Decoherence in Bohmian Modal Interpretations -- Quantum Histories in the Modal Interpretation -- Remarks on Unsharp Quantum Observables, Objectification, and Modal Interpretations -- Are โSharp Valuesโ of Observables Always Objective Elements of Reality? -- Quantum-Mechanical Self-Measurement -- The Bare Theory and How to Fix It -- Curiouser and Curiouser: A Personal Evaluation of Modal Interpretations