The essays in this volume were written by leading researchers on classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity. They detail central topics in the foundations of physics, including the role of symmetry principles in classical and quantum physics, Einstein's hole argument in general relativity, quantum mechanics and special relativity, quantum correlations, quantum logic, and quantum probability and information.
Physical Theory and its Interpretation: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey Bub
Preface A new modal interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of relational propertiesJoseph Berkovitz and Meir Hemmo Why special relativity should not be a template for a reformulation of quantum mechanicsHarvey Brown and Chris Timpson On symmetries and conserved quantities in classical mechanicsJeremy Butterfield On the notion of a physical theory of an incompletely knowable domainWilliam Demopoulos Markov properties and quantum experimentsClark Glymour Quantum entropyStan Gudder Symmetry and the scope of scientific realismRichard Healey Is it true or is it false; or somewhere in between? The logic of quantum mechanicsC.J. Isham Einstein's hole argument and Weyl's field-body relationalismHerbert Korte Quantum mechanics as a theory of probabilityItamar Pitowsky John von Neumann on quantum correlationsMiklos Redei Kriske, Tupman and quantum logic: The quantum logician's conundrumAllen Stairs Bibliography of the publications of Jeffrey Bub to 2006 Index