Non-locality and Possible World : a Counterfactual Perspective on Quantum Entanglement.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bigaj, Tomasz F.
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : De Gruyter, 2006.
Series:	Deutsche Hochschulschriften. Epistemische Studien.
Subjects:	Cosmology. Philosophy. Quantum theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.