▽Quantum Logic and Probability Theory ●08/11 03:10 First published Mon Feb 4, 2002; substantive revision Tue Aug 10, 2021 8. Effect Algebras 8.1 Quantum effects and Naimark’s Theorem 8.2 Sequential Effect Algebras Associated with any probabilistic model ￥((￥mathcal{A},￥Delta)￥) are several partially ordered sets, each of which has some claim to the status of an “empirical logic” associated with the model.In this section, I’
▽Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics ●08/06 05:23 First published Sun Mar 24, 2002; substantive revision Thu Aug 5, 2021 The Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics holds that there are many worlds which exist in parallel at the same space and time as our own. The existence of the other worlds makes it possible to remove randomness and action at a distance from quantum theory and thus from all physics. The MWI provides a solution to
▽George Berkeley ●07/07 09:30 George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, was one of the great philosophers of the early modern period. He was a brilliant critic of his predecessors, particularly Descartes, Malebranche, and Locke. He was a talented metaphysician famous for defending idealism, that is, the view that reality consists exclusively of minds and their ideas. Berkeley’s system, while it strikes many as counter-intuitive
▽Bohmian Mechanics ●06/15 08:47 First published Fri Oct 26, 2001; substantive revision Mon Jun 14, 2021 15. Identical Particles 16. Quantum Motion on Shape Space 17. Objections and Responses For example, in the same paper Schrödinger, echoing Einstein in the 1927 Solvay discussions (pp. 440–41 in Bacciagaluppi & Valentini 2009), noted that it may happen in radioactive decay that Many physicists pay lip service to
▽Galileo Galilei ●06/05 10:56 First published Fri Mar 4, 2005; substantive revision Fri Jun 4, 2021 Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) has always played a key role in any history of science, as well as many histories of philosophy. He is a—if not the—central figure of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. His work in physics (or “natural philosophy”), astronomy, and the methodology of sci
