Physics and causation

DOI10.1007/s10701-009-9357-yzbMath1215.81007MaRDI QIDQ535624

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

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanics; entanglement; measurement problem; Everett; GRW; direction of time; dispositions; causal properties; classical properties; metaphysics of science; metrical field; physical structures; propensities; spontaneous localizations; state reductions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

81P15: Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations

81P40: Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations

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