Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View

by Bas C. Van Fraassen

Book Overview

After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. He first examines the question of whether and how empirical phenomena require a non-classical theory, and what sort of theory they require. He then discusses the mathematical foundations of quantum theory with special reference to developments in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198239807
• ISBN13: 9780198239802
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"