A Philosopher's Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Possibilities and Impossibilities of a Modal Interpretation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521651080)

Modal interpretations provide a general framework within which quantum mechanics can be considered as a theory that describes reality in terms of physical systems possessing definite properties. Modal interpretations are relatively new attempts to present quantum mechanics as a theory which, like other physical theories, describes an observer-independent reality. In this book, Pieter Vermaas details the results of this work. He provides both an accessible survey and a systematic reference work about how to understand quantum mechanics using a modal interpretation. The book will be of great value to undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in philosophy of science and physics departments with an interest in learning about modal interpretations of quantum mechanics.

Author: Pieter E. Vermaas
ISBN-10: 0521651085
ISBN-13: 9780521651080
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2000
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2000 pg. 171