Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal [Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996] 9048146984, 9789048146987, 9789401587150, 9401587159

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9048146984, 9789048146987, 9789401587150, 9401587159

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James T.; Fine
Arthur; Goldstein
Sheldon (eds.)

Table of contents :
Content: Preface. I: Bohmian Mechanics: Background and Fundamentals. 1. The Causal Quantum Theory Program
J.T. Cushing. 2. Bohmian Mechanics as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
D. Durr, et al. 3. Pilot-Wave Theory of Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
A. Valentini. 4. Contextuality in Bohmian Mechanics
L. Hardy. 5. Global Existence and Uniqueness of Bohmian Trajectories
K. Berndl. 6. Scattering Theory from a Bohmian Perspective
M. Daumer. 7. Is Quantum Mechanics Universal? P.R. Holland. II: Applications and Further Developments of Bohmian Mechanics. 8. The `Tunneling-Time Problem' for Electrons
C.R. Leavens. 9. Local Bohmian Mechanics
E.J. Squires. 10. About Position Measurements Which Do Not Show the Bohmian Particle Position
Y. Aharonov, L. Vaidman. 11. An Ontological Interpretation of Boson Fields
P.N. Kaloyerou. 12. De Broglie, Bohm and the Boson
C. Dewdney, G. Horton. 13. A Realistic Formulation of Quantum Field Theory
T.M. Samols. 14. Attaching Theories of Consciousness to Bohmian Quantum Mechanics
D.N. Page. III: Historical, Conceptual and Philosophical Perspectives Related to Bohmian Mechanics. 15. Bohm and the `Inevitability' of Acausality
M. Beller. 16. On the Interpretation of Bohmian Mechanics
A. Fine. 17. Tension in Bohm's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
M. Baublitz, A. Shimony. 18. An Epistemological Critique of Bohmian Mechanics
R. Collins.19. Elementary Quantum Metaphysics
D.Z. Albert. 20. Space-Time in the Quantum World
T. Maudlin. 21. Cause and Effect in the Pilot-Wave Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
H.R. Brown, et al. 22. Is the Bohm Theory Local? M. Dickson. IV: Comparisons with Some Other Programs. 23. Modal Interpretations and Bohmian Mechanics
J. Bub. 24. Remarks on Consistent Histories and Bohmian Mechanics
A. Kent. 25. Bohm' Theory Versus Dynamical Reduction
G.-C. Ghirardi, R. Grassi. Bibliography. The Authors. Index.

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