Ebook: Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance: Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony Volume Two

Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality. Abner has described these events without actions to link them as `passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of our times.

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Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality. Abner has described these events without actions to link them as `passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of our times.

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Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality. Abner has described these events without actions to link them as `passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of our times.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Protective Measurements of Two-State Vectors....Pages 1-8
What is the Referent of a Nonpure Quantum State?....Pages 9-29
Classical and Quantum Physical Geometry....Pages 31-52
Borromean Entanglement of the GHZ State....Pages 53-59
Is the Quantum State (an) Observable?....Pages 61-70
Aiming at Describing Empirical Reality....Pages 71-87
An Interpretation Which is Appropriate for Dynamical Reduction Theories....Pages 89-104
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Reasoning in Nonlocality Theorems....Pages 105-111
Space-Time and Separability: Problems of Identity and Individuation in Fundamental Physics....Pages 113-141
“Les Recettes Qui R?ussissent Toujours”....Pages 143-148
How to Ascertain the Values of Every Member of a Set of Observables that Cannot all Have Values....Pages 149-157
Is Quantum Mechanics a Probabilistic Theory?....Pages 159-175
The Decision Problem for Entanglement....Pages 177-190
Bell Inequalities with Postselection....Pages 191-196
Action and Passion at a Distance....Pages 197-206
The Relativistic EPR Argument....Pages 207-215
The History Approach Viewed by an External Observer....Pages 217-229
Maximal Extension of an Impossibility Theorem Concerning Quantum Measurement....Pages 231-243
Feynman Paths and Quantum Entanglement: Is There Any More to the Mystery....Pages 245-256
Back Matter....Pages 257-276

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Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a metaphysical potentiality. Abner has described these events without actions to link them as `passion at a distance': not active, but passive. The discussions gathered here are written by a truly remarkable cast of scientists and philosophers and shed new light on the most profound puzzles of our times.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Protective Measurements of Two-State Vectors....Pages 1-8
What is the Referent of a Nonpure Quantum State?....Pages 9-29
Classical and Quantum Physical Geometry....Pages 31-52
Borromean Entanglement of the GHZ State....Pages 53-59
Is the Quantum State (an) Observable?....Pages 61-70
Aiming at Describing Empirical Reality....Pages 71-87
An Interpretation Which is Appropriate for Dynamical Reduction Theories....Pages 89-104
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Reasoning in Nonlocality Theorems....Pages 105-111
Space-Time and Separability: Problems of Identity and Individuation in Fundamental Physics....Pages 113-141
“Les Recettes Qui R?ussissent Toujours”....Pages 143-148
How to Ascertain the Values of Every Member of a Set of Observables that Cannot all Have Values....Pages 149-157
Is Quantum Mechanics a Probabilistic Theory?....Pages 159-175
The Decision Problem for Entanglement....Pages 177-190
Bell Inequalities with Postselection....Pages 191-196
Action and Passion at a Distance....Pages 197-206
The Relativistic EPR Argument....Pages 207-215
The History Approach Viewed by an External Observer....Pages 217-229
Maximal Extension of an Impossibility Theorem Concerning Quantum Measurement....Pages 231-243
Feynman Paths and Quantum Entanglement: Is There Any More to the Mystery....Pages 245-256
Back Matter....Pages 257-276
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