Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics, Edition 3

· John Wiley & Sons
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The third edition of Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity has been carefully updated to reflect significant developments, including a new chapter covering important recent work in the foundations of physics.
  • A new edition of the premier philosophical study of Bell’s Theorem and its implication for the relativistic account of space and time
  • Discusses Roderich Tumiulka’s explicit, relativistic theory that can reproduce the quantum mechanical violation of Bell’s inequality.
  • Discusses the "Free Will Theorem" of John Conway and Simon Kochen
  • Introduces philosophers to the relevant physics and demonstrates how philosophical analysis can help inform physics

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James Newman
January 9, 2021
This is both an enjoyable and frustrating read. Professor Maudlin's subject matter is generally well described but suffers from some rather poorly effected examples which confused rather than enlightened the points being made, and also the use of terminology (see p19, 'violation of the inequalities') without explanation of what that terminology means - in the example here, I was unable to actually find a definition of what 'the inequalities' were anywhere in the book, which doesn't foster comprehension. In summary, enjoyable but be prepared to have do background work to understand some of the explanations.
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About the author

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He received his doctorate in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. His work lies at the intersection of physics and philosophy, including the foundations of physics and logic. He is the author of Truth and Paradox (2004) and The Metaphysics within Physics (2007). Maudlin is a member of the Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences and a Guggenheim Fellow.

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