Incompleteness, Nonlocality, and Realism: A Prolegomenon to the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Reprint Edition
Author(s): Michael Redhead (Author)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 28 Sept. 1989
Edition: Reprint
Language: English
Print length: 200 pages
ISBN-10: 0198242387
ISBN-13: 9780198242383
Book Description
Aiming to unravel the mystery of quantum mechanics, this book is concerned with questions about action-at-a-distance, holism, and whether quantum mechanics gives a complete account of microphysical reality. With rigorous arguments and clear thinking, the author provides an introduction to the philosophy of physics.
Editorial Reviews
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“An important book, by a philosopher of physics who has played a significant role in disentangling some of the conceptual issues involved in the contemporary debate on incompleteness.”–International Studies in Philosophy
“Michael Redhead has given us a fine, hard book that stands head and shoulders above the usual crop.”–Canadian Philosophical Review
“A paradigm of the new philosophy of physics…long-awaited, authoritative, and splendid book.”–Philosophical Books
“Redhead’s book is a useful update of Max Jammer’s The Philosophy of Quantum Physics.“–New Scientist
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‘Michael Redhead has given us a fine, hard book that stands head and shoulders above the usual crop.’Canadian Philosophical Review
‘a paradigm of the new philosophy of physics … long-awaited, authoritative and splendid book.’ Philosophical Books
‘Redhead’s book is a useful update of Max Jammer’s The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics’ New Scientist
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This is an important book, by a philosopher of physics who has played a significant role in disentangling some of the conceptual issues involved in the contemporary debate on incompleteness, nonlocality, and realism.‘ International Studies in Philosophy
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Michael Redhead’s arguments are presented with masterly care … He modestly subtitles the book `a prolegomenon to the philosophy of quantum mechanics’, but like an earlier prolegomenon it heralds a very fundamental shift in our way of looking at things.‘ Radical Philosophy
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Michael Redhead’s book will provide a much-appreciated entry to this field for anyone who has a nodding acquaintance with the physics and mathematics of quantum mechanics but a serious interest in probing its conceptual foundations.‘ Philosophy of Science‘a very readable and useful … overview of the realism debates in quantum mechanics since the Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen argument … The book begins with an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics. Redhead’s book is a valuable one … the book is meant to help us comprehend the technical details of a very difficult literature, and this it does extremely well. It is to be strongly recommended for anyone seriously intrerested in the foundations of quantum mechanics.’ John F. Halpin, Oakland University, Philosophia, Volume 21, Nos. 3-4, April 1992
From the Back Cover
This book concentrates on research done during the last twenty years on the philosophy of quantum mechanics.