Interpretations of Determinism and Indeterminism in Quantum Mechanics: an Analysis of Some Major Issues Over Determinism in Microphysics |
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... Popper asserts that the propensity interpretation is a completely objective interpretation of probability and eliminates the alleged 16 See K. R. Popper , The Logic of Scientific Discovery ( New York : Basic Books , 1959 ) , pp . 215 ...
... Popper asserts that the propensity interpretation is a completely objective interpretation of probability and eliminates the alleged 16 See K. R. Popper , The Logic of Scientific Discovery ( New York : Basic Books , 1959 ) , pp . 215 ...
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... Popper believes that Schrödinger's -function determines all the propensities of the states of an electron ; even though the electron is a microparticle , Popper asserts that the electron's wave theory is a propensity theory which ...
... Popper believes that Schrödinger's -function determines all the propensities of the states of an electron ; even though the electron is a microparticle , Popper asserts that the electron's wave theory is a propensity theory which ...
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... Popper wants to say further that all physical properties ought to be termed ' dispositional ' . Thus a surface which has the color green is disposed to reflect light of a particular wave length ; a beam of green light is dis- posed to ...
... Popper wants to say further that all physical properties ought to be termed ' dispositional ' . Thus a surface which has the color green is disposed to reflect light of a particular wave length ; a beam of green light is dis- posed to ...
Contents
Chapter | 23 |
THE DETERMINISM OF QUANTUMMECHANICAL | 52 |
HIDDEN VARIABLES AND QUANTUM MECHANICS | 121 |
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