The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

2. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-83044-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

Providing a comprehensive exposition of the transactional interpretation (TI) of quantum mechanics, this book sheds new light on long-standing problems in quantum theory such as the physical meaning of the 'Born Rule' for the probabilities of measurement results, and demonstrates the ability of TI to solve the measurement problem of quantum mechanics. It provides robust refutations of various objections and challenges to TI, such as Maudlin's inconsistency challenge, and explicitly extends TI into the relativistic domain, providing new insight into the basic compatibility of TI with relativity and the meaning of 'virtual particles.' It breaks new ground in approaches to interpreting quantum theory and presents a compelling new ontological picture of quantum reality. This substantially revised and updated second edition is ideal for researchers and graduate students interested in the philosophy of physics and the interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kastner, Ruth E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. 1. Introduction: Quantum peculiarities; 2. The map versus the territory; 3. The original TI: Fundamentals; 4. The new TI: Possibilist transactional interpretation; 5. The Relativistic Transactional Interpretation; 6. Challenges, replies, and applications; 7. The metaphysics of possibility in RTI; 8. RTI and spacetime; 9. Epilogue. References. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Kastner, Ruth E.
Ruth E. Kastner is a Research Associate and member of the Foundations of Physics group at University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). She is the recipient of two National Science Foundation awards for research in time symmetry issues and the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics, and she also received the 2021 Research Award from the Alumni Association of the University of Maryland.