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Quotes from Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory — Tim Maudlin

born 1958 United States

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Starting from what we understand and seeing clearly its inadequacies can provide a path to conceptual progress.

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (2019)

Physics aspires to a sort of universality that is unique among empirical sciences and holds, in that sense, a foundational position among them.

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (2019)

The central problem facing attempts to understand a quantum theory is how it manages to model empirical phenomena in a principled way. This is often referred to as "the measurement problem"...

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (2019)

Unlike space-time theory, where there is substantial agreement about how to understand the best physics we have (General Relativity), quantum theory has always been a battleground of contention. Nothing one can say would command the assent of most physicists and philosophers.

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (2019)

If the correct solution to the measurement problem does not involve local beables, or if those beables have no nonrelativistic analogs, then starting with nonrelativistic quantum mechanics is counterproductive. But one has to start somewhere...

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (2019)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tim Maudlin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.