Quantum Theory and the Flight From Realism

Philosophical Responses to Quantum Mechanics

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by Christopher Norris

Routledge

Due/Published March 2000, 280 pages, paper

ISBN 0415223229

Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism is a critical introduction to the long-standing debate concerning the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, and the problems it has posed for physicists and philosophers from Einstein to the present. Quantum theory has been a major influence on postmodernism, and presents significant challenges for realists. Clarifying these debates for the non-specialist, Norris examines the premises of orthodox quantum theory and its impact on various philosophical developments. He subjects a wide range of opponents and supporters of realism to scrutiny and draws out the merits and weaknesses from opposing arguments. OK