Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
 Introduction: Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics  (Alberto Cordero)....Pages 1-17
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 Inseparable Twins: A Conversation with Alain Aspect  (Víctor Gómez Pin)....Pages 21-32
 Bell’s Theorem, Realism, and Locality  (Peter J. Lewis)....Pages 33-43
 The Universal and the Local in Quantum Theory  (Tim Maudlin)....Pages 45-60
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 The Reality of the Wavefunction: Old Arguments and New  (Harvey R. Brown)....Pages 63-86
 Preliminary Considerations on the Emergence of Space and Time  (David Albert)....Pages 87-95
 Decoherence and Ontology  (Roland Omnès)....Pages 97-105
 Bohmian Mechanics and Its Ontological Commitments  (James T. Cushing)....Pages 107-118
 The Nomological Interpretation of the Wave Function  (Albert Solé, Carl Hoefer)....Pages 119-138
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 Scientific Realism Meets Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics  (Juha Saatsi)....Pages 141-162
 Structural Realism and the Standard Model  (Steven French)....Pages 163-178
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 The Problem of Individualism from Greek Thought to Quantum Physics  (Peter Mittlestatedt)....Pages 181-197
 Weyl, Identity, Indiscernibility, Realism  (Otávio Bueno)....Pages 199-214
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 What Is Really There in the Quantum World?  (Jeffrey Bub)....Pages 217-233
 A Foundational Principle for Quantum Mechanics  (Anton Zeilinger)....Pages 235-245
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 A Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics  (Simon Kochen)....Pages 249-284
 What is Orthodox Quantum Mechanics?  (David Wallace)....Pages 285-312