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Measurement in Quantum Theory Measurement in Quantum Theory: Collapse of the wave function, role of the observer in QM; From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Henry Krips. (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-measurement/ Measurement in quantum mechanics FAQ Measurement in quantum mechanics FAQ: Lucid description of exisitng Interpretations and their problems, acessible to general public. (Interpretations) http://www.mtnmath.com/faq/meas-qm.html The Everett Interpretation FAQ The Everett Interpretation FAQ: A set of frequently asked questions on Everett's many worlds approach to quantum mechanics (Interpretations) http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm Directing the strokes of Ockham's razor Directing the strokes of Ockham's razor: Skeptic (may be flippant but short) overview of the Interpretations (Interpretations) http://www.tbtf.com/resource/jwburton.html Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy: History of QM and Copenhagen Interpretation (Interpretations) http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/heisenb2.htm Many Worlds Quantum Theory Many Worlds Quantum Theory: A collection of links to sites related to the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics (Interpretations) http://www.innerx.net/personal/tsmith/ManyWorlds.html Indeterminism and the Bohm Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Indeterminism and the Bohm Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: In this essay it is argued that it is possible to subscribe to the Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics without giving up indeterminism in nature. (Interpretations) http://www.pericson.com/writings/bohmindeterminism/ The Transactional Interpretation The Transactional Interpretation: A comprehensive review of the historical interpretations of quantum mechanics, as well as a new proposal (Interpretations) http://mist.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_toc.html Mangled Worlds Quantum Mechanics Mangled Worlds Quantum Mechanics: Describes a variation on the many worlds interpretation in which the Born probability rule can be derived via finite world counting. (Interpretations) http://hanson.gmu.edu/mangledworlds.html This Quantum World This Quantum World: The website of Ulrich Mohrhoff and the Pondicherry interpretation of quantum mechanics (Interpretations) http://www.flyservers.com/members5/thisquantumworld.com/ In the beginning was the bit In the beginning was the bit: An article in New Scientist about the latest ideas of Anton Zeilinger and Caslav Brukner. (Interpretations) http://www.quantum.univie.ac.at/links/newscientist/bit.html The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Hugh Everett according to which many universes exist in parallel at the same space and time. (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/ Quantum Reality Quantum Reality: Brief exploration of issues surrounding Quantum Mechanics and reality. (Interpretations) http://www.quantum.bowmain.com/Quantum_Reality.htm Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics: Describes Everett's attempt to solve the measurement problem by dropping the collapse dynamics from the standard von Neumann-Dirac theory of quantum mechanics. From the Stanford Encyclopedia. (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/ A Survey on Bohmian Mechanics A Survey on Bohmian Mechanics: Bohmian mechanics is the most obvious embedding of Schrodinger's equation into a completely coherent physical theory (Interpretations) http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9504010 On the Interpretation and Philosophical Foundation of QM On the Interpretation and Philosophical Foundation of QM: Historical Overview -objective randomness of the individual quantum (Interpretations) http://info.uibk.ac.at/c/c7/c704/qo/philosop.html Collapse Theories Collapse Theories: Survey of the dynamical reduction program; from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Giancarlo Ghirardi. (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/ Relational Quantum Mechanics Relational Quantum Mechanics: An interpretation of quantum theory which discards the notions of absolute state of a system, absolute value of its physical quantities, or absolute event; from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Federico Laudisa and Carlo Rovelli. (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-relational/ Interpretation and Philosophical Foundation of Quantum Mechanics Interpretation and Philosophical Foundation of Quantum Mechanics: The epistemological paradigm on which we could build a foundation of quantum mechanics has not been found yet. (contains untranslated quotes in German). (Interpretations) http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/Anton.Zeilinger/philosop.html Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: John Bell and Bohmian QM (Interpretations) http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~oldstein/quote.html The Ithaca Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics The Ithaca Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Criteria for a 'good' interpretation of QM (Interpretations) http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609013 Discussions with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics Discussions with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics: Report by Niels Bohr of his discussions with Albert Einstein over many years on the epistemological implications of quantum theory. (Interpretations) http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/dk/bohr.htm Against Many Worlds Interpretation Against Many Worlds Interpretation: A paper which indicates the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics is invalid (Interpretations) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9703089 The Copenhagen Interpretation The Copenhagen Interpretation: A review of the copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics (Interpretations) http://mist.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_20.html#2.0 The Kochen-Specker Theorem The Kochen-Specker Theorem: From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Carsten Held. (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kochen-specker/ Many-Worlds FAQ Many-Worlds FAQ: This FAQ shows how quantum paradoxes are resolved by the "many-worlds" interpretation or metatheory of quantum mechanics. This FAQ does not seek to prove that the many-worlds interpretation is the "correct" quantum metatheor (Interpretations) http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hangar/6929/manyworld.html The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: First interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Niels Bohr (Interpretations) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/ Realistic interpretations of QM Realistic interpretations of QM: Readable description with historical and philosophical references. (Interpretations) http://www.tuwien.ac.at/cms/wh/mw/home.html