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KCL Philosophy of Physics 2

This document provides a reading list for a course on the philosophy of quantum mechanics. It lists core and recommended readings broken into 10 weekly topics: 1) the theory, 2) the theory, 3) the measurement problem, 4) non-locality, 5) decoherence, 6) many worlds, 7) collapse theories, 8) hidden variables, 9) the philosophy of probability, and 10) probability and quantum mechanics. For each week 1-3 core readings are provided from books or articles along with 0-5 recommended supplementary readings.

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KCL Philosophy of Physics 2

This document provides a reading list for a course on the philosophy of quantum mechanics. It lists core and recommended readings broken into 10 weekly topics: 1) the theory, 2) the theory, 3) the measurement problem, 4) non-locality, 5) decoherence, 6) many worlds, 7) collapse theories, 8) hidden variables, 9) the philosophy of probability, and 10) probability and quantum mechanics. For each week 1-3 core readings are provided from books or articles along with 0-5 recommended supplementary readings.

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11/06/21 6AANB054: Philosophy of Physics II: Quantum Mechanics | King's College

London

6AANB054: Philosophy of Physics II: View Online


Quantum Mechanics
(Humanities 2021/22)

This is not the full reading list -- that can be found on


KEATS and includes core and recommended journal
articles for most weeks. This is just a list of the chapters
or extracts from books required and recommended for
the course.

33 items

Week One - The Theory (6 items)

Something deeply hidden: quantum worlds and the emergence of spacetime - Sean M.
Carroll, EBSCOhost, 2019
Book | Core

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory - Tim Maudlin, 2019


Book | Core

Quantum mechanics and experience - David Z. Albert, 1994


Book | Core | Chs. 1-2, pp. 1-60

Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics - Alyssa Ney, David Z
Albert, 2013
Book | Recommended | Chapter 1, sections 1-3

The structure and interpretation of quantum mechanics - R. I. G. Hughes, 1989


Book | Recommended | Part 1

Quantum physics, illusion or reality? - Alastair I. M. Rae, 2004


Book | Recommended | Chs. 1-3

Week Two - The Theory (2 items)

Quantum Mechanics - Ismael, Jenann


Article | Core

Incompleteness, nonlocality, and realism: a prolegomenon to the philosophy of quantum


mechanics - Michael Redhead, c1987
Book | Recommended | Chapter 1

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Week Three - The Measurement Problem (4 items)

Quantum Mechanics and Experience - David Z. Albert, 2009


Book | Core | Chapter 4 (pp. 73-79) and part of chapter 5 (pp. 80-92)

The Ashgate companion to contemporary philosophy of physics - Dean Rickles, c2008


Book | Core | D. Wallace, "Quantum Mechanics"

What is the Problem of Measurement


Document | Recommended

Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics - J. S. Bell, Alain Aspect, 2012


Book | Recommended | Quantum Mechanics for Cosmologists Sections 1-3

Week Four - Non-locality (5 items)

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory - Tim Maudlin, 2019


Book | Core

Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics - R. I. G. Hughes, 1992


Book | Core | Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 8.6

Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics - J. S. Bell, Alain Aspect, 2012


Book | Core | J. S. Bell “Bertlmann’s socks and the nature of reality”

Time's arrow and Archimede's point: philosophical reflections on time and physics - Huw
Price, 1996
Book | Recommended | Ch. 9, pp. 201-206, 209-219

Quantum non-locality and relativity: metaphysical intimations of modern physics - Tim


Maudlin, 1994
Book | Recommended | chapters 1 (pp. 6-28), 5 (pp. 125-161), 7 (pp. 189-222).

Week Five - Decoherence (2 items)

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory - Tim Maudlin, 2019


Book | Core

The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex - Professor Murray
Gell-Mann, 2000
Book | Recommended | Ch. 11

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Week Six - Many Worlds (3 items)

Quantum Mechanics and Experience - David Z. Albert, 2009


Book | Core | Pp. 112-119

The emergent multiverse: quantum theory according to the Everett interpretation - David
Wallace, 2014
Book | Core | Ch. 2

Many worlds?: Everett, quantum theory, and reality - Simon Saunders, 2010
Book | Recommended | Articles in sections 1, 3 and 4

Week Seven - Collapse Theories (1 items)

Quantum Mechanics and Experience - David Z. Albert, 2009


Book | Core | Ch. 5

Week Eight - Hidden Variables (3 items)

Quantum Mechanics and Experience - David Z. Albert, 2009


Book | Core | Ch. 7

Quantum Mechanics - James T. Cushing, 1994


Book | Recommended | Pp. 42-55

Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics - J. S. Bell, Alain Aspect, 2012


Book | Recommended | Quantum Mechanics for Cosmologists, On the Impossible Pilot
Wave

Week Nine - The Philosophy of Probability (4 items)

Philosophical introduction to probability - Maria Carla Galavotti, c2005


Book | Core

Ifs: conditionals, belief, decision, chance, and time - William L. Harper, Robert Stalnaker,
Glenn Pearce, c1981
Book | Core | D. Lewis. "A subjectivist’s guide to objective chance." Ifs. Springer, 1981.
267-297

Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings - Antony Eagle, 2010

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| Recommended | • Richard von Mises, ‘The Definition of Probability’


Book
• Alan Hájek, ‘”Mises Redux” Redux: 15 Arguments Against Finite Frequentism’
• Alan Hájek, ’15 Arguments Against Hypothetical Frequentism’
• Ronald N. Giere, ‘Objective Single-Case Probabilities and the Foundations of Statistics’
• Paul W. Humphreys, ‘Why Propensities Cannot be Probabilities’
• Barry Loewer, ‘David Lewis’ Humean Theory of Objective Chance’

Probability in Physics - 2014-02-22


Book | Recommended

Week Ten - Probability and Quantum Mechanics (3 items)

Probabilities in physics - Claus Beisbart, Stephan Hartmann, 2011


Book | Core

Many worlds?: Everett, quantum theory, and reality - Simon Saunders, 2010
Book | Recommended

The emergent multiverse: quantum theory according to the Everett interpretation - David
Wallace, 2014
Book | Recommended

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