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132Veiled Realism? Review of B d'Espagnat's On Physics and Philosophy (review)Physics in Perspective (x). 2012.
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51Quantum information - what price realism?Intl. J. Of Quantum Information 3 (1): 165-170. 2005.Recent suggestions to supply quantum mechanics (QM) with realistic foundations by reformulating it in light of quantum information theory (QIT) are examined and are found wanting by pointing to a basic conceptual problem that QIT itself ignores, namely, the measurement problem. Since one cannot ignore the measurement problem and at the same time pretend to be a realist, as they stand, the suggestions to reformulate QM in light of QIT are nothing but instrumentalism in disguise.
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Indiana University, BloomingtonDepartment of History and Philosophy of Science and MedicineProfessor
Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Computing and Information |
Philosophy of Physical Science |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mathematics |
General Philosophy of Science |