Physics and causation

DOI10.1007/S10701-009-9357-YMaRDI QIDQ535624zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Esfeld

Publication date 13 May 2011

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/4927/1/FoP-Mittelstaedt.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

entanglementquantum mechanicsmeasurement problemGRWdirection of timeEverettdispositionscausal propertiesclassical propertiesmetaphysics of sciencemetrical fieldphysical structurespropensitiesspontaneous localizationsstate reductions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

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