Van Frasssen, Everett, and the critique of the copenhagem view of measurement

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  • Stefano Osnaghi Ecole Polytechnique

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2008v12n2p155

Resumen

Bas van Fraassen advocates a “Copenhagen variant” of the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics. However, he believes that the Copenhagen approach to measurement is not fully satisfactory, since it seems to rule out the possibility of providing a physical account of the observation process. This was also what John Wheeler had in mind when, in the mid-1950’s, he sponsored the “relative state” formulation proposed by his student Hugh Everett. Wheeler, who considered himself an orthodox Bohrian, tried to convince Bohr to accept the improvement of the Copenhagen approach represented in his eyes by Everett’s proposal. This attempt gave rise to a lively debate, which has been only recently documented, and which provides an interesting framework for the appraisal of van Fraassen’s own programme.

Biografía del autor/a

Stefano Osnaghi, Ecole Polytechnique

Possui graduação em Física teórica - Università degli Studi Statale di Milano (1998), mestrado em Física Quântica - Ecole Normale Supérieure (1998), mestrado em História e Filosofia da Ciência - Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (2002) e doutorado em Física Quântica - Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) (2002). Atualmente é pesquisador pós-doc no Centre de Recherhce en Epistémologie Appliquée de Paris. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em flosofia da física, epistemologia, fundamentos da física quântica, construtivismo.

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2010-10-29

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