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View SchemaQuantum Mechanics as a Principle Theory
| Authors | Jeffrey Bub |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9910096 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9910096 |
| Journal | Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 31 (2000) 75 |
Abstract
I show how quantum mechanics, like the theory of relativity, can be understood as a 'principle theory' in Einstein's sense, and I use this notion to explore the approach to the problem of interpretation developed in my book Interpreting the Quantum World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
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