Physics and causation

DOI10.1007/s10701-009-9357-yzbMath1215.81007OpenAlexW2116028465MaRDI 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 mechanicsentanglementmeasurement problemEverettGRWdirection of timedispositionscausal 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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