A New Approach to Quantum Logic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781904987536)

This monograph is an investigation into certain new logical structures implicit in the formalism of quantum mechanics. Its message rests on two pillars. The first pillar is the dynamic view of propositions. Propositions are viewed as acting on states of the world and changing them rather than just being true or false in them. The second pillar is a logical enquiry into the nature of the states of a dynamic framework in general and thus the nature of physical states in particular. It turns out that a physical state viewed as a logical entity must encode other states and also itself. The main logical structures under investigation are that of an M-algebra and that of a holistic logic. In a sense to be made precise the latter structures reflect the 'holistic' nature of quantum mechanics.

Author: K. Engesser, D. M. Gabbay, D. Lehmann
ISBN-10: 1904987532
ISBN-13: 9781904987536
Publisher: College Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2007
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2008 pg. 48