کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1161665 1490462 2007 21 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Re-conceiving quantum theories in terms of information-theoretic constraints
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم فیزیک و نجوم (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Re-conceiving quantum theories in terms of information-theoretic constraints
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper examines Bub's interpretation of the foundational significance of the theorem of Clifton, Bub, and Halvorson (CBH) which characterizes quantum theories in terms of information-theoretic constraints. Bub argues that quantum theory must be re-conceived of as a principle theory of information where information is a new physical primitive, to the exclusion of hidden variable theories. I will argue, contrary to Bub, that the CBH theorem cannot be used to exclude hidden variables theories. Drawing inspiration from Bub, I sketch an alternative conception of quantum mechanics as a theory of information, but one which embraces all empirically equivalent quantum theories.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics - Volume 38, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 181–201
نویسندگان
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