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Current Quantum Mechanics (QM) describes experiments well, physicist nevertheless disagree about physical meaning of the fundamental concepts of QM. This disagreement started with Einstein-Bohr debate and spawned several different interpretation of the same basic equations.

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• Mind-Body Aspects

Resources in This Category

• A Survey on Bohmian Mechanics

  http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9504010
  Bohmian mechanics is the most obvious embedding of Schrodinger's equation into a completely coherent physical theory.

• Against Many Worlds Interpretation

  http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9703089
  A paper by A. Kent with a critical review of the literature on many-worlds interpretations.

• Collapse Theories

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
  Survey of the dynamical reduction program; from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Giancarlo Ghirardi.

• Directing the strokes of Ockham's razor

  http://www.tbtf.com/resource/jwburton.html
  Skeptic (may be flippant but short) overview of the Interpretations

• Discussions with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics

  http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/dk/bohr.htm
  Report by Niels Bohr of his discussions with Albert Einstein over many years on the epistemological implications of quantum theory.

• Einstein's Method: A Fresh Approach to Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

  http://www.einsteinsmethod.com/
  A book adopting Socratic method to the ontological questions in quantum mechanics and relativity.

• Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/
  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.

• Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

  http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~oldstein/quote.html
  John Bell and Bohmian QM

• Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy

  http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/heisenb2.htm
  History of QM and Copenhagen Interpretation

• In the Beginning was the Bit

  http://www.quantum.at/fileadmin/links/newscientist/bit.html
  An article in New Scientist about ideas of Anton Zeilinger and Caslav Brukner.

• Mangled Worlds Quantum Mechanics

  http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/mangledworlds.html
  Describes a variation on the many worlds interpretation in which the Born probability rule can be derived via finite world counting.

• Measurement in quantum mechanics FAQ

  http://www.mtnmath.com/faq/meas-qm.html
  Lucid description of existing Interpretations and their problems, accessible to general public.

• Measurement in Quantum Theory

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-measurement/
  Collapse of the wave function, role of the observer in QM; From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Henry Krips.

• Multiverses and Blackberries

  http://www.csicop.org/si/show/multiverses_and_blackberries/
  The overview of many world theories by Martin Gardner published by Skeptical Inquirer.

• Quantum Dreams Page

  http://perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/cfuchs/
  Papers and collections of thoughts on informational or Bayesian interpretions of quantum states by Christopher Fuchs.

• Quantum Reality

  http://www.quantum.bowmain.com/Quantum_Reality.htm
  Brief exploration of issues surrounding Quantum Mechanics and reality.

• Relational Quantum Mechanics

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-relational/
  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.

• The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
  First interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Niels Bohr

• The Everett Interpretation FAQ

  http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm
  A set of frequently asked questions on Everett's many worlds approach to quantum mechanics

• The Ithaca Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

  http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609013
  A paper by N. David Mermin presenting criteria for a 'good' interpretation of quantum mechanics.

• The Kochen-Specker Theorem

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kochen-specker/
  From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Carsten Held.

• The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/
  Interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Hugh Everett according to which many universes exist in parallel at the same space and time.

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