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Book/Printed Material Non-locality and possible worlds : a counterfactual perspective on quantum entanglement

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Title

  • Non-locality and possible worlds : a counterfactual perspective on quantum entanglement

Summary

  • This book uses the formal semantics of counterfactual conditionals to analyze the problem of non-locality in quantum mechanics. Counterfactual conditionals (subjunctive conditionals) enter the analysis of quantum entangled systems in that they enable us to precisely formulate the locality condition that purports to exclude the existence of causal interactions between spatially separated parts of a system. They also make it possible to speak consistently about alternative measuring settings, and to explicate what is meant by quantum property attributions. The book develops the possible-world se.

Names

  • Bigaj, Tomasz, author.

Created / Published

  • Frankfurt ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Ontos ; Piscataway, N.J. : North and South America by Transaction Books, Rutgers University, 2006.

Contents

  • Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1WHY DOES THE QUANTUM WORLDHAVE TO BE NON-LOCAL?; Chapter 2POSSIBLE-WORLD SEMANTICS FORCOUNTERFACTUALS; Chapter 3A COUNTERFACTUAL VERSION OFBELL'S THEOREM AND ITS CRITICISM; Chapter 4THE GHZ AND HARDY THEOREMSCOUNTERFACTUALLYSTRENGTHENED-WHAT WENTWRONG?; Chapter 5TWO INTERPRETATIONS OF SPATIOTEMPORALCOUNTERFACTUALS; Chapter 6LOCALITY EXPLAINED AND THE EPRBELLTHEOREMS RECONSIDERED; Chapter 7COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index.

Headings

  • -  Quantum entanglement
  • -  Quantum theory

Genre

  • Electronic book

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.

Medium

  • 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QC174.12

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019394577

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  • Unrestricted online access

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Chicago citation style:

Bigaj, Tomasz, Author. Non-Locality and Possible Worlds: A Counterfactual Perspective on Quantum Entanglement. Frankfurt ; New Brunswick, N.J.: Ontos ; Piscataway, N.J.: North and South America by Transaction Books, Rutgers University, 2006. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019394577/.

APA citation style:

Bigaj, T. (2006) Non-Locality and Possible Worlds: A Counterfactual Perspective on Quantum Entanglement. Frankfurt ; New Brunswick, N.J.: Ontos ; Piscataway, N.J.: North and South America by Transaction Books, Rutgers University. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019394577/.

MLA citation style:

Bigaj, Tomasz, Author. Non-Locality and Possible Worlds: A Counterfactual Perspective on Quantum Entanglement. Frankfurt ; New Brunswick, N.J.: Ontos ; Piscataway, N.J.: North and South America by Transaction Books, Rutgers University, 2006. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019394577/>.