TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum theory and determinism
AU - Vaidman, Lev
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Chapman University.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - Historically, appearance of the quantum theory led to a prevailing view that Nature is indeterministic. The arguments for the indeterminism and proposals for indeterministic and deterministic approaches are reviewed. These include collapse theories, Bohmian Mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation. It is argued that ontic interpretations of the quantum wave function provide simpler and clearer physical explanation and that the many-worlds interpretation is the most attractive since it provides a deterministic and local theory for our physical Universe explaining the illusion of randomness and nonlocality in the world we experience.
AB - Historically, appearance of the quantum theory led to a prevailing view that Nature is indeterministic. The arguments for the indeterminism and proposals for indeterministic and deterministic approaches are reviewed. These include collapse theories, Bohmian Mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation. It is argued that ontic interpretations of the quantum wave function provide simpler and clearer physical explanation and that the many-worlds interpretation is the most attractive since it provides a deterministic and local theory for our physical Universe explaining the illusion of randomness and nonlocality in the world we experience.
KW - Bohmian mechanics
KW - Collapse theories
KW - Many-worlds interpretation
KW - Wave function ontology
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U2 - 10.1007/s40509-014-0008-4
DO - 10.1007/s40509-014-0008-4
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AN - SCOPUS:84927556136
SN - 2196-5609
VL - 1
SP - 5
EP - 38
JO - Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations
JF - Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations
IS - 1-2
ER -