A Philosopher's Understanding of Quantum Mechanics

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511608230zbMath0960.81001OpenAlexW3125544843MaRDI QIDQ4953976

Pieter E. Vermaas

Publication date: 15 May 2000

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511608230

zbMATH Keywords

projectionsmodal interpretationproperty ascription

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30) Physics (00A79)

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