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Author:   Olimpia Lombardi (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) ,  Sebastian Fortin (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) ,  Cristian López (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) ,  Federico Holik (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.970kg
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9781108473477

ISBN 10:   1108473474
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   11 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ontology from Different Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics: 1. Ontology for relativistic collapse theories Wayne C. Myrvold; 2. The Modal-Hamiltonian interpretation: measurement, invariance and ontology Olimpia Lombardi; 3. Quantum mechanics and perspectivalism Dennis Dieks; 4. Quantum physics grounded on Bohmian mechanics Nino Zanghi; 5. Ontology of the wave function and the many-worlds interpretation Lev Vaidman; 6. Generalized contexts for quantum histories Marcelo Losada, Leonardo Vanni and Roberto Laura; Part II. Realism, Wavefunction and Primitive Ontology: 7. What is the quantum face of realism? James Ladyman; 8. To be a realist about quantum theory Hans Halvorson; 9. Locality and wave function realism Alyssa Ney; Part III. Individuality, Distinguishability and Locality: 10. Making sense of non-individuals in quantum mechanics Jonas R. B. Arenhart, Otávio Bueno and Décio Krause; 11. From quantum to classical physics: the role of distinguishability Ruth Kastner; 12. Individuality and the account of non-locality: the case for the particle ontology in quantum physics Michael Esfeld; 13. Beyond loophole-free experiments: a search for non-ergodicity Alejandro Hnilo; Part IV. Symmetries and Structure in Quantum Mechanics: 14. Space-time symmetries in quantum mechanics Cristian López and Olimpia Lombardi; 15. Symmetry, structure, and emergent subsystems Nathan Harshman; 16. Majorization, across the (quantum) universe Guido Bellomo and Gustavo M. Bosyk; Part V. The Relationship between the Quantum Ontology and the Classical World: 17. A closed-system approach to decoherence Sebastian Fortin and Olimpia Lombardi; 18. A logical approach to the quantum-to-classical transition Sebastian Fortin, Manuel Gadella, Federico Holik and Marcelo Losada; 19. Quantum mechanics and molecular structure: the case of optical isomers Juan Camilo Martínez González, Jesús Jaimes Arriaga and Sebastian Fortin; Index.

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Olimpia Lombardi is Principal Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations. She is the director of the research group in the philosophy of physics and philosophy of chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has been awarded grants from the Foundational Questions Institute and John Templeton Foundation. Sebastian Fortin is a Research Fellow at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations. He is a member of the group headed by Olimpia Lombardi, and collaborated in organising the international workshop 'Identity, interdistinguishability and non-locality in quantum physics' on which this volume is based. Cristian Lόpez is a Ph.D. student at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the University of Lausanne. He is a member of the group headed by Olimpia Lombardi, and collaborated in organising the international workshop 'Identity, interdistinguishability and non-locality in quantum physics' on which this volume is based. Federico Holik is a Research Fellow at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations. He is a member of the group headed by Olimpia Lombardi, and collaborated in organising the international workshop 'Identity, interdistinguishability and non-locality in quantum physics' on which this volume is based.

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