Quantum Worlds : Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ontology from Different Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics: 1. Ontology for relativistic collapse theories Wayne C. Myrvold; 2. The Modal-Hamiltonian interpretation: measurement, invariance and ontology Olimpia Lombardi; 3. Quantum mechanics and perspectivalism Dennis Dieks; 4. Quantum physics grounded on Bohmian mechanics Nino Zanghi; 5. Ontology of the wave function and the many-worlds interpretation Lev Vaidman; 6. Generalized contexts for quantum histories Marcelo Losada, Leonardo Vanni and Roberto Laura; Part II. Realism, Wavefunction and Primitive Ontology: 7. What is the quantum face of realism? James Ladyman; 8. To be a realist about quantum theory Hans Halvorson; 9. Locality and wave function realism Alyssa Ney; Part III. Individuality, Distinguishability and Locality: 10. Making sense of non-individuals in quantum mechanics Jonas R. B. Arenhart, Otavio Bueno and Decio Krause; 11. From quantum to classical physics: the role of distinguishability Ruth Kastner; 12. Individuality and the account of non-locality: the case for the particle ontology in quantum physics Michael Esfeld; 13. Beyond loophole-free experiments: a search for non-ergodicity Alejandro Hnilo; Part IV. Symmetries and Structure in Quantum Mechanics: 14. Space-time symmetries in quantum mechanics Cristian Lopez and Olimpia Lombardi; 15. Symmetry, structure, and emergent subsystems Nathan Harshman; 16. Majorization, across the (quantum) universe Guido Bellomo and Gustavo M. Bosyk; Part V. The Relationship between the Quantum Ontology and the Classical World: 17. A closed-system approach to decoherence Sebastian Fortin and Olimpia Lombardi; 18. A logical approach to the quantum-to-classical transition Sebastian Fortin, Manuel Gadella, Federico Holik and Marcelo Losada; 19. Quantum mechanics and molecular structure: the case of optical isomers Juan Camilo Martinez Gonzalez, Jesus Jaimes Arriaga and Sebastian Fortin; Index.