Speakable in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S11229-012-0158-ZMaRDI QIDQ2443341zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ronnie Hermens

Publication date 7 April 2014

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4388

zbMATH Keywords

intuitionistic logicquantum logicinstrumentalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum logic (03G12) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

Abstract: At the 1927 Como conference Bohr spoke the now famous words "It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about nature." However, if the Copenhagen interpretation really holds on to this motto, why then is there this feeling of conflict when comparing it with realist interpretations? Surely what one can say about nature should in a certain sense be interpretation independent. In this paper I take Bohr's motto seriously and develop a quantum logic that avoids assuming any form of realism as much as possible. To illustrate the non-triviality of this motto a similar result is first derived for classical mechanics. It turns out that the logic for classical mechanics is a special case of the derived quantum logic. Finally, some hints are provided in how these logics are to be used in practical situations and I discuss how some realist interpretations relate to these logics.

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