
Non-Locality and Modality
by Placek, Tomasz; Butterfield, JeremyRent Textbook
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Table of Contents
Preface | p. ix |
Re-Examining the Legacy of Bohr and Von Neumann | |
Reconsidering Bohr's Reply to EPR | p. 3 |
Bohr on Bell: A Proposed Reading of Bohr and Its Implications for Bell's Theorem | p. 19 |
Bell, Bohm, and von Neumann: Some Philosophical Inequalities Concerning No-go Theorems and the Axiomatic Method | p. 37 |
Interpreting Quantum Theory | |
Why Quantum Theory? | p. 61 |
Quantum Mechanics of the Electric Charge and Its Connection with the Problem of Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics | p. 75 |
Signal-Locality and Subquantum Information in Deterministic Hidden-Variables Theories | p. 81 |
Remarks on Space-time and Locality in Everett's Interpretation | p. 105 |
Entanglement and Non-Locality | |
Is Quantum Mechanics Non-Local? | p. 125 |
Measuring Quantum Entanglement | p. 137 |
On Fine's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics GHZ Experiment | p. 153 |
Locality and Reality Revisited | p. 163 |
Unsharp Observables | |
EPR-Bell Tests with Unsharp Observables and Relativistic Quantum Measurement | p. 175 |
A Kochen-Specker Theorem for Unsharp Spin 1 Observables | |
The Bell Phenomenon in a Probabilistic Approach | p. 205 |
Causation | p. 195 |
Non-locality and Theories of Causation | p. 223 |
On Causal Loops in the Quantum Realm | p. 235 |
Reichenbach's Common Cause Pinciple and Quantum Correlations | p. 259 |
Branching Models of Epr Phenomena | |
Branching Space-Time, Modal Logic and the Counterfactual Conditional | p. 273 |
EPR-like "Funny Business" in the Theory of Branching Space-times | p. 293 |
Partial Indeterminism Is Enough: a Branching Analysis of Bell-type Inequalities | p. 317 |
Subject Index | p. 343 |
Index of Names | p. 351 |
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