Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy)

物理哲学:量子理论(普林斯顿当代哲学基础系列)

基本信息

Author：Tim Maudlin

Format：Hardback | 256 pages

Dimensions：140 x 216 x 27.94mm | 476.27g

Publication date：19 Mar 2019

Publisher：Princeton University Press

Language：English

ISBN10：069118352X

ISBN13：9780691183527

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书籍简介

在这本书中，Tim Maudlin，世界上首屈一指的物理哲学家之一，提供了一个对量子力学的哲学复杂的、原始的介绍。这本书对哲学和物理的所有学生来说都是无价的。

量子力学在物理学史上占有独特的地位。它做出了所有科学理论中最准确的预测，但更令人惊讶的是，人们对该理论对物理现实的暗示从未达成一致。Maudlin认为，“量子理论”这个术语本身就是用词不当。一个合适的物理理论应该清楚地描述存在什么以及它能做什么——然而标准的教科书把量子力学作为寻找物理理论的一个预测配方。

相比之下，Maudlin探索了三个正确的理论来恢复量子预测：Ghirardi, Rimini和Weber的不确定波函数崩溃理论，deBroglie和Bohm的确定性粒子理论，以及在概念上具有挑战性的Everett的多世界理论。每一种都对物理现实的本质提出了截然不同的看法，但Maudlin表明，它们都不是人们通常认为的那样。

In this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world’s leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics. The briefest, clearest, and most refined account of his influential approach to the subject, the book will be invaluable to all students of philosophy and physics.

Quantum mechanics holds a unique place in the history of physics. It has produced the most accurate predictions of any scientific theory, but, more astonishing, there has never been any agreement about what the theory implies about physical reality. Maudlin argues that the very term “quantum theory” is a misnomer. A proper physical theory should clearly describe what is there and what it does—yet standard textbooks present quantum mechanics as a predictive recipe in search of a physical theory.

In contrast, Maudlin explores three proper theories that recover the quantum predictions: the indeterministic wavefunction collapse theory of Ghirardi, Rimini, and Weber; the deterministic particle theory of deBroglie and Bohm; and the conceptually challenging Many Worlds theory of Everett. Each offers a radically different proposal for the nature of physical reality, but Maudlin shows that none of them are what they are generally taken to be.

作者简介

Tim Maudlin是纽约大学的哲学教授。他著有《物理哲学:空间与时间(普林斯顿)》《量子非定域性与相对论:现代物理学的形而上学暗示》《物理学中的形而上学》《真理与悖论》。

Tim Maudlin is professor of philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time (Princeton), Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics, The Metaphysics within Physics, and Truth and Paradox.

目录

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Eight Experiments 1

Chapter 2 The Quantum Recipe 36

Chapter 3 The Wavefunction and the Quantum State 79

Chapter 4 Collapse Theories and the Problem of Local Beables 94

Chapter 5 Pilot Wave Theories 137

Chapter 6 Many Worlds 173

Chapter 7 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory 205

References 227

Index 231