Abner Shimony

Experimental Metaphysics: Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony, Volume One - Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 1997 edition

Marc Notes: Papers presented at a symposium held on 19 Sept. 1994, at the Center for the Philosophy and History of Science, together with the Physics and Philosophy Depts. of Boston University.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Description for Sales People: Title is also available as part of a set: Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance (978-0-7923-4454-4) Table of Contents: Preface; M. Horne. De Broglie-Wave Interference of Small Rocks and Live Viruses; J. P. Clauser. It is the Theory which Decides What we can Observe; J. T. Cushing. Bohmian Mechanics and the Meaning of the Wave Function; D. Durr, et al. The Model of F. Karolyhazy and the Desiderata of A. Shimony for a Modified Quantum Dynamics; A. Frenkel. A Bell Inequality Experiment Based on Molecular Dissociation - Extension of the Lo-Shimony Proposal to 199Hg (Nuclear Spin 1/2) Dimers; E. S. Fry, T. Walther. Quantum State Diffusion: From Foundations to Applications; N. Gisin, I. C. Percival. A More Proper Role for Proper Time in Physics? D. M. Greenberger. Two-Particle Diffraction; M. Horne. Quantum Beam Tomography; S. H. Kienle, et al. Evidence for the Failure of Local Realism Based on the Hardy-Jordan Approach; L. Mandel. Tales and Tails and Stuff and Nonsense; P. Pearle. The Ito Formalism and Stochastic Modifications of Quantum Dynamics; S. Sarkar. The Metaphysics of Science at the End of a Heroic Age; S. S. Schweber. Two-Photon Ghost' Image and Interference-Diffraction; Y. H. Shih, et al. The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences; L. Tisza. Towards a Long-Distance Bell-Experiment with Independent Observers; G. Weihs, et al."

Contributor Bio:  Shimony, Abner Shimony is professor emeritus of physics and philosophy at Boston University.