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Simon Friederich (Universität Wuppertal)
Wednesday 02 May 2012, 13:00-14:00
The paradoxes of quantum theory: solving vs. dissolving
- 👤 Speaker: Simon Friederich (Universität Wuppertal)
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 02 May 2012, 13:00 - 14:00
- 📍 Venue: Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Abstract
The paradoxes of measurement and non-locality are widely regarded as the most important difficulties in the foundations of quantum theory. In this talk, I first give an introduction to these paradoxes by explaining how they arise in a standard reading of the quantum theoretical formalism. I then classify the responses to them which interpreters have developed as solutions on the one hand – rejecting one of the assumptions required to derive the paradoxes as wrong – and dissolutions on the other – rejecting one of these assumptions as being based on mistaken conceptual presuppositions. An example of an account which aims at a dissolution in that sense is outlined and discussed.
Series This talk is part of the HPS Philosophy Workshop series.
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