Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Humanities |
Department |
Philosophy |
Creator |
Thalos, Mariam G. |
Title |
Trouble with superselection accounts of measurement |
Date |
1998-11 |
Description |
Argues that the superselection accounts of measurement exploit excess structure illegitimately and in the process become self-contradictory. Superselection rule in the quantum-mechanical treatment of phenomena; Representation of indicator states of detectors by eigenspaces of superselection operations; Use of projection postulates in the treatments of measurement. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
University of Chicago Press |
Volume |
65 |
Issue |
3 |
First Page |
518 |
Last Page |
544 |
Subject |
Superselection; Quantum mechanics |
Subject LCSH |
Quantum theory; Mensuration |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Thalos, M. (1998). The trouble with superselection accounts of measurement. Philosophy; of Science, 65(3), 518-44. |
Rights Management |
(c) 1998 by University of Chicago Press http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/loi/phos |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
ir-main,135 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6126b6m |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
706067 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6126b6m |