The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

By Ruth E. Kastner. 2012

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Providing a comprehensive exposition of the transactional interpretation (TI) of quantum mechanics, this book sheds new light on long-standing problems in quantum theory such as the physical meaning of the 'Born Rule' for the probabilities of measurement results, and demonstrates the ability of TI to solve the measurement problem of quantum mechanics. It provides robust refutations of various objections and challenges to TI, such as Maudlin's inconsistency challenge, and explicitly extends TI into the relativistic domain, providing new insight into the basic compatibility of TI with relativity and the meaning of 'virtual particles.' It breaks new ground in approaches to interpreting quantum theory and presents a compelling new ontological picture of quantum reality. This substantially revised and updated second edition is ideal for researchers and graduate students interested in the philosophy of physics and the interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, History and Philosophy of Science, Physiology

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. Roger Colbeck
2. Matthew S. Leifer
3. Klaas Landsman
4. Huw Price
5. Terry Rudolph
6. Renato Renner
7. Adrian Kent

In History and Philosophy of Science

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2. Roger Colbeck
3. Terry Rudolph

In Physiology

1. Klaas Landsman
2. Huw Price
3. Roger Colbeck
4. Terry Rudolph
5. Matthew S. Leifer

Citations in the corpus

• Does time-symmetry imply retrocausality? How the quantum world says “Maybe”? (2010, background): “, [4]–[8], [10], [12]–[16], [22]–[26]) for reconciling these correlations with special relativity, but the underlying strategy is exactly the same: zig-zag causality, retrocausal on one arm, provides a decomposition of Bell’s spacelike correlations into a product of timelike correlations.”
• Is the Quantum State Real? An Extended Review of -ontology Theorems (2014, background): “The transactional interpretation [151, 152] is explicitly retrocausal and the two-state vector formalism [153] can be read in a retrocausal way.”
• A Quantum–Classical Model of Brain Dynamics (2023, background): “, the transition from the worlds of possibilities to that of classical events [117, 118], is explained only through the stochastic interaction of the quantum system with a classical one.”