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Epistemic Processes = A Basis for Statistics and Quantum Theory /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Epistemic Processes/ by Inge S. Helland.
其他題名:	A Basis for Statistics and Quantum Theory /
作者:	Helland, Inge S.
面頁冊數:	XVIII, 245 p. 1 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Quantum Physics. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81923-1
ISBN:	9783030819231

Epistemic Processes = A Basis for Statistics and Quantum Theory /
Helland, Inge S.

Epistemic ProcessesA Basis for Statistics and Quantum Theory /[electronic resource] :by Inge S. Helland. - 2nd ed. 2021. - XVIII, 245 p. 1 illus.online resource.

1. The epistemic view upon science -- 2. Statistical inference -- 3. Inference in an epistemic process -- 4. Towards quantum theory -- 5. Aspects of quantum theory -- 6. Macroscopic consequences.

This book discusses a link between statistical theory and quantum theory based on the concept of epistemic processes. The latter are processes, such as statistical investigations or quantum mechanical measurements, that can be used to obtain knowledge about something. Various topics in quantum theory are addressed, including the construction of a Hilbert space from reasonable assumptions and an interpretation of quantum states. Separate derivations of the Born formula and the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation are given. In concrete terms, a Hilbert space can be constructed under some technical assumptions associated with situations where there are two conceptual variables that can be seen as maximally accessible. Then to every accessible conceptual variable there corresponds an operator on this Hilbert space, and if the variables take a finite number of values, the eigenspaces/eigenvectors of these operators correspond to specific questions in nature together with sharp answers to these questions. This paves a new way to the foundations of quantum theory. The resulting interpretation of quantum mechanics is related to Hervé Zwirn's recent Convivial Solipsism, but it also has some relations to Quantum Bayesianism and to Rovelli's relational quantum mechanics. Niels Bohr's concept of complementarity plays an important role. Philosophical implications of this approach to quantum theory are discussed, including consequences for macroscopic settings. The book will benefit a broad readership, including physicists and statisticians interested in the foundations of their disciplines, philosophers of science and graduate students, and anyone with a reasonably good background in mathematics and an open mind.

ISBN: 9783030819231

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-81923-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

671960
Quantum Physics.

LC Class. No.: QA276-280

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5

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