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  title info:
    title: Quantum ontology
    sub title: a guide to the metaphysics of quantum mechanics
  name:
    name part: Lewis, Peter J.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics-not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions, but because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new possibilities. This book guides readers through the theory of quantum mechanics and its metaphysical implications in a clear and accessible way.
  table of contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Phenomena and Theory ; 1.1 Interference ; 1.2 Entanglement ; 1.3 Matrix Mechanics ; 1.4 Wave Mechanics ; 1.5 Interpretation ; 2 Realism ; 2.1 Quantum Mechanics as Incomplete ; 2.2 No-Go Theorems ; 2.3 What Do the Theorems Prove?
  table of contents: 2.4 Rescuing Realism 2.5 Conclusion ; 3 Underdetermination ; 3.1 The Measurement Problem ; 3.2 Spontaneous Collapse Theories ; 3.3 Hidden Variable Theories ; 3.4 The Many-Worlds Theory ; 3.5 Reducing the Alternatives ; 3.6 Conclusion ; 4 Indeterminacy ; 4.1 Textbook Indeterminacy.
  table of contents: 4.2 Radical Indeterminacy 4.3 Moderate Indeterminacy ; 4.4 Indeterminacy and Branching ; 4.5 Avoiding Indeterminacy ; 4.6 Conclusion ; 5 Causation ; 5.1 Locality ; 5.2 Particle Trajectories ; 5.3 Wave Packets ; 5.4 Collapses as Causes ; 5.5 Conclusion ; 6 Determinism.
  table of contents: 6.1 Uncertainty 6.2 Probability ; 6.3 Immortality ; 6.4 Free Will ; 6.5 Conclusion ; 7 Dimensions ; 7.1 Configuration Space ; 7.2 Three-Dimensionality as an Illusion ; 7.3 Adding Ontology ; 7.4 Interpreting the Wave Function ; 7.5 Conclusion ; 8 Parts and Wholes.
  table of contents: 8.1 The Case for Holism 8.2 Holism Reconsidered ; 8.3 The Case Against Individuals ; 8.4 Individuals Reconsidered ; 8.5 Conclusion ; 9 Six Quantum Worlds ; Notes ; References ; Index.
  note: Peter J. Lewis.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Quantum theory
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Metaphysics
  subject:
    topic: Ontology
  subject:
    topic: Metaphysics
  subject:
    topic: Théorie quantique
    topic: Philosophie
  subject:
    topic: Métaphysique
  subject:
    topic: Ontologie
  subject:
    topic: metaphysics
  subject:
    topic: ontology (metaphysics)
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Mechanics
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Physics
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Metaphysics
  subject:
    topic: Ontology
  subject:
    topic: Quantum theory
    topic: Philosophy
  classification: QC174.12 .L49 2016eb
  classification: 530.12
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  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 160712
    record change date: 20260319162332.1
    record identifier: in00005713368
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng